Name of the sportsperson: Yogeshwar Dutt

Discipline: Wrestling

Date of Birth: 11 December 1982

State: Haryana

Achievements and Awards:

•    Yogeshwar Dutt won the Gold Medal in the 2003 Commonwealth Championship.

•    He won the Bronze Medal in the 60 kilogram category at the 15th Asian Games at Doha.

•    He won gold at the 2008 Asian championship in March 2008 held at Jeju City in South Korea.

•    He got gold medal in 2010 commonwealth games, Delhi


Facts about Yogeshwar Dutt

• He represented India in the 60 kilogram wrestling freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

•    He earned his berth for the Olympics by winning gold at the 2008 Asian championship in March 2008 held at Jeju City in South Korea.

Profile:

Yogeshwar Dutt, the wrestler was born on 11 December 1982 in Sonipat, Haryana. He started wrestling from a very young age. It was the Indian National Championships in 1998 which gave him a good recognition among wrestling fraternity. After this he never looked back and continued his journey to success. He won several gold, silver and bronze in many national and international championships.

He won the Gold Medal in the 2003 Commonwealth Championship, gold in 2008 Asian championship in March 2008.Besides this he represented India in many Olympics and championships with his successful participations. He got gold medal in 2010 commonwealth games, Delhi.