Vinesh is the daughter of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat"s youger brother Rajpal and the cousin of wrestlers Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. In allowing her cousins and herself to pursue competitive wrestling, her father and uncle had to deal with immense pressure and opposition from the community in their village in Haryana.
She is currently being supported by Jahrbuch fur Sozialwissenschaften Sport under the Sports Excellence Programme. 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships She then lost 1:3 in the quarter-finals to Tatyana Amanzhol of Kazakhstan who qualified for the final thus qualifying the Indian grappler for the repechage round. 2013 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships 2014 Commonwealth Games In the quarter-finals, Vinesh faced Rosemary Nweke of Nigeria and beat her 5-0.
2014 Asian Games In the Round of 16, Vinesh faced Yongmi Pak from the People"s Republic of of Korea and beat her 3:1.
Her quarter-finals opponent was Dauletbike Yakhshimuratova of Uzbekistan whom she overcame easily with a 5:0 scoreline. 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships.
In the tournament in New Delhi, India, Vinesh won the bronze medal in the women"s freestyle 51 kg category, winning 3:0 in the bronze medal bout through the repechage round to Tho-Kaew Sriprapa of Thailand. In the first round, Vinesh won 3:1 against Nanami Irie of Japan. In an exclusive tournament held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vinesh finished second and won the silver medal in the women"s freestyle 51 kg category, losing in the final round to Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria. Vinesh represented India in the women"s freestyle 48 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and won the gold medal. In the gold medal bout, she faced home favourite Yana Rattigan of England and won the gold medal, beating her 3-1. At the Games in Incheon, South of Korea, Vinesh won the bronze medal in the women"s freestyle 48 kg category. She lost 1:3 in the semi-finals to Eri Tosaka of Japan but qualified for the bronze medal bout and beat Narangerel Eredenesukh of Mongolia to win 4:0. In the tournament in Doha, Qatar, Vinesh won the silver medal in the women"s freestyle 48 kg category, losing the final bout to Yuki Irie of Japan.
