Gargi Yadav
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||
| Born | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||
| Occupation | Freestyle wrestler | |||||||||||
| Employer | Indian Railways | |||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||
Weight class | 65 kg | |||||||||||
Event | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Silver (2016, 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships) | ||||||||||||
Achievements and titles
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Gargi Yadav is an Indian freestyle wrestler from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.[1][2] She won the silver medal in the 65 kg event at the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship, held at Johannesburg, South Africa.[3][4] She also won a silver medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship held in Singapore.[5] She has represented the North Eastern Railway (NER) in domestic competitions.[6]
She received the Rani Lakshmi Bai Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 2017.[7][8]
Career
Yadav made her international debut at the 2008 Junior Female World Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2009, she won a silver medal at the Junior Asian Female Wrestling Championship held in the Philippines. In 2008, Yadav won a bronze medal at the Sub-Junior Female Wrestling Championship held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, followed by another bronze medal at the Asian Junior Female Wrestling Championship held in Doha, Qatar.[1]
In 2011, she won a bronze medal at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Wrestling Tournament held in Jalandhar. In 2012, she finished fifth at the First Hariram Memorial International Prize Money Wrestling Tournament held in Delhi. Yadav won silver medals at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship held in Singapore in 2016 and in South Africa in 2017.[1]
Awards
In 2016, Gargi was honoured with the Yash Bharti Award, the highest civilian honour conferred by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. In 2017, she received the Rani Lakshmi Bai Award from the Uttar Pradesh government for her contribution in sorts.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bhatt, Prem (14 December 2020). "Young Achievers: इंदौर से सिंगापुर तक पहलवानी के पदक जीत चुकी हैं मेरठ की गार्गी यादव". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi).
- ↑ "मिशन जकार्ता में जुटीं 30 महिला पहलवान". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). 17 May 2018.
- ↑ "Annual Report and Accounts 2017–18" (PDF). Indian Railways. 2018.
- ↑ "Yadav Gargi". United World Wrestling.
- ↑ 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships Results (PDF) (Report). Singapore Wrestling Federation. 2016.
- ↑ "Wrestlers of Indian Railways bring laurels to India at the recently concluded Commonwealth Wrestling Championship at Johannesburg, South Africa" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 20 December 2017.
- ↑ "इस महिला रेसलर ने अगली सीट पर बैठने के लिए की थी क्लासमेट की पिटाई". Dainik Bhaskar.
- ↑ "यूपी के इन 14 खिलाड़ियों को मिला लक्ष्मण पुरस्कार, रानी लक्ष्मीबाई पुरस्कार" (in Hindi). News18 Hindi. 30 August 2017.