Amit Kumar

Background

He comes from a modest background with his father Narender Dahiya employed as a small scale farmer.

Career

He was the youngest wrestler ever to represent India at the Olympics while also being the youngest athlete of the 2012 Indian Olympic delegation. He is currently being supported by Jahrbuch fur Sozialwissenschaften Sport under the Sports Excellence Programme. In the recently concluded Pro Wrestling League’s players’ auction, he has been bought by Olive Global, a technology firm, and will be part of Haryana Hammers wrestling team

Amit Kumar Dahiya hails from Nahari village of Sonepat district.

Amit started wrestling in second grade at the age of seven, defeating a seventh grade student during a casual match in school. Seeing immense potential, his teachers and his family were encouraged to send him for proper training.

He was admitted in the akhara of Hansrajji, at that time used only for recreation. 2012 Asian Wrestling Championships In the opening round of the men"s 55 kg freestyle category, Amit faced Ruslan Seksenbaev of Kazakhstan and beat him 3:0.

With the Japanese grappler reaching the final round, Amit was able to compete in the repechage round.

2013 World Wrestling Championships In the first round, Amit faced Yasuhiro Inaba of Japan, whom he lost to in the Asian Wrestling Championships the previous year but was able to exact revenge and beat him 4:1. His second round opponent was Zoheir Elquaraque of France whom he beat 4:0. In the quarter-finals, he was up against Angel Escobedo of the United States of America whom he overcame 4:0 easily.

To qualify for the gold medal bout, he was up against Sezer Akguel of Turkey whom he was able to beat 4:0 easily.

2013 Asian Wrestling Championships In the quarter-finals, Amit faced Rasul Kaliev of Kazakhstan and beat him 3:0. In the semi-finals, the Japanese grappler, Fumitaka Morishita was his opponent and was beaten by Amit 5:0.

2014 To qualify for the gold medal match, he faced Azhar Hussain from Pakistan in the semi-finals whom he beat easily 4:0. 2014 Asian Games Amit Kumar unfortunately couldn"t repeat his feat.

He crashed out of the tournament in the first round itself, losing 1:3 to Fumitaka Morishita of Japan.

Achievements

• Dave Schultz Memorial Tournament - Silver, 2014.

Connections

opponent:

Alvin Lobriguito