Vinesh Phogat is an Indian wrestler who comes from a very successful background of wrestling with her cousins Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari, both international wrestlers and Commonwealth Games medallists as well.
Background
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.
Career
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.