Mohit Grewal is a famous Indian wrestler. He came into limelight after participating in the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. During the CWG trials, he defeated Indian wrestler Satinder Malik in the final match of the GWG trials and a controversy broke out after Satinder Malik protested against the referee’s decision.
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Mohit Grewal was born in 1999 (age 22 years; as of 2022) in Village Bamla, District Bhiwani, Haryana. Soon after completing his school education, he joined the Department of Physical and Sports at Chaudhary Bansi Lal University to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Weight (Approx): 125 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Jagbir Grewal and he is working as Inspector in Haryana Police.
Wife
he is not married.
livelihood
In the early stages of his career, Mohit Grewal participated in the All India Inter University Wrestling Championship and Khelo India Wrestling Championship and won many medals and accolades. He started taking wrestling training in local akharas in 2012. He then participated in the World Schools Championship in Turkey in 2016 and won the gold medal.
Mohit being welcomed by his family members after winning the gold medal in 2016
In 2018, he participated in the Junior Asian Championships and won the gold medal. In the years 2019 and 2020, he did not participate in any wrestling championship due to a knee injury. According to Mohit Grewal, when he was struggling with the injury, he was suffering mental trauma. In a media interview he told about his injury. He said,
I suffered from patellar tendinitis (injury to the tendon that connects the knee cap to the shin bone) and lost 70 percent of my ligament.
In 2021, he participated in the Senior National Championship and he entered the final by defeating his opponent from Haryana. However, he lost the final match of the championship to Shivraj of Maharashtra. Prior to this, he was the recipient of a gold medal at the U-23 National Championships and a bronze medal winner in the play-offs at the U-23 World Championships. In 2021, he participated in the U-23 National Championships and won the gold medal. The same year, he competed for the bronze medal in the playoffs of the Under-23 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. After this he participated in the country’s senior national championship and won a silver medal in the final.
Mohit Grewal after winning the gold medal in 2021
In June 2022, he participated in the senior international tournament held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and reached the semi-finals of the championship by defeating his opponent Salim Erkan of Turkey 6–1. He lost 10–0 to Yusup Batyrmurzaev of Tokyo, Kazakhstan in the semi-finals of the tournament. He won the bronze medal by defeating his Uzbek opponent Sardarbek Kholmatov 8–2 in the play-off match. Mohit Grewal said while talking to the media that after winning the bronze medal in the Almaty (Kazakhstan) tournament, everyone had stopped talking about his controversy. He said,
It (the medal) silenced everyone. Before the tournament everyone was talking about that controversy but now everything has changed.
Mohit Grewal after winning the bronze medal
Controversy
In 2022, he came into controversy during the Commonwealth Games (CWG) selection trials when he defeated Indian wrestler Satinder Malik in the final match, but Satinder Malik protested against referee Jagbir Singh’s decision after the results were announced. . As a result, a fight broke out between Satinder Malik and referee Jagbir Singh. Mohit was dragged in the viral video of the incident.
Mohit Grewal clicked during CWG selection trials controversy in 2022
bike collection
He has a Ducati bike.
Mohit Grewal with his bike
He has a Royal Enfield.
Mohit Grewal on his Royal Enfield
Facts/General Knowledge
- Reportedly, his father and grandfather were famous Indian wrestlers who represented India in several national wrestling competitions.
- Mohit Grewal is a part of Virendra National Academy in Haryana.
- Mohit Grewal often shares photos and videos on various social media platforms. He has more than 1k followers on Instagram.
- Mohit Grewal is an avid dog lover. He has a pet dog named Andy. He regularly posts pictures of his pet dog on social media.
Mohit Grewal with his pet dog
- Apart from being a wrestler, Mohit Grewal is also a swimming and judo champion. He was a national level champion in swimming during his school days. Speaking to the media, Mohit said that he used to participate in 50 meter butterfly competition in swimming and had won several medals in the Junior National Judo Championship. He said,
I competed in the 50m butterfly at the School Nationals. Apart from this, I also won medals in the Junior National Judo Championships. However, wrestling was my priority from the beginning. The bronze medal at the Junior Asian Championships in 2018 made it easier for me to leave everything for wrestling.
- According to some media sources, Mohit Grewal is the third generation wrestler in his family. In 2021, in an interview with a media house, Mohit revealed that his uncle Virendra Singh was a recipient of the Bhima Award from the Government of Haryana. His uncle used to win many medals in national level wrestling championships. He said in the same discussion that his elder uncle Rajpal Singh was also a famous wrestler, and his other uncle, Shripal Grewal, posted as an assistant sub-inspector in Haryana Police, had once wrestled in a national level championship. Another uncle of Mohit, Suresh, works as a national level wrestling coach in Haryana.
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