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{{Short description|Indian freestyle wrestler (born 1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2026}}

{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Manisha Bhanwala
| image = File:ManishaBhanwala.jpg
| caption = Bhanwala at the [[2025 Asian Wrestling Championships|2025 Asian Championships]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rohtak district|Rohtak]], [[Haryana]], India
| sport = [[Wrestling]]
| event = [[Freestyle wrestling|Freestyle]]
| club = [[Inspire Institute of Sport]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[freestyle wrestling]]}} [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]]
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Wrestling Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2025 Asian Wrestling Championships|2025 Amman]]|[[2025 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results#62 kg|62kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Asian Wrestling Championships|2022 Mongolia]]|[[2022 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results#65 kg|65kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2023 Asian Wrestling Championships|2023 Astana]]|[[2023 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results#65 kg|65kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2024 Asian Wrestling Championships|2024 Bishkek]]|[[2024 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results#62 kg|62kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|[[Wrestling at the 2016 South Asian Games#Women's freestyle|60kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[United World Wrestling|Grand Prix]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2025 Yaşar Doğu Tournament|2025 Kocaeli]]|[[2025 Yaşar Doğu Tournament#Women's freestyle 62 kg|62kg]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2026 Grand Prix Zagreb Open|2026 Zagreb]]|[[2026 Grand Prix Zagreb Open – Women's freestyle#Women's freestyle 57 kg|57kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2025 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Tournament|2025 Budapest]]|[[2025 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Tournament – Women's freestyle#Women's freestyle 62 kg|62kg]]}}
}}
'''Manisha Bhanwala''' (born 10 February 1997) is an Indian [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle wrestler]]. She won gold in the 62 kg category at the [[2025 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results|2025 Asian Championships]] and in the 60 kg category at the [[2016 South Asian Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Asian Championships 2025 wrestling results |url=https://uww.org/event/senior-asian-championships/results |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=uww.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-23 |title=Asian Wrestling Championships: Anshu Malik, Radhika settle for silver; Manisha claims bronze |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/asian-wrestling-championships-anshu-malik-radhika-settle-for-silver-manisha-claims-bronze-article-91022944 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=TimesNow |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416080106/https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/asian-wrestling-championships-anshu-malik-radhika-settle-for-silver-manisha-claims-bronze-article-91022944 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Asian Wrestling Championships: Antim Panghal Claims Silver, Four Other Indians Bag Bronze |url=https://www.news18.com/sports/asian-wrestling-championships-antim-panghal-claims-silver-four-other-indians-bag-bronze-7532779.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=News18 |language=en |archive-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415062213/https://www.news18.com/sports/asian-wrestling-championships-antim-panghal-claims-silver-four-other-indians-bag-bronze-7532779.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=2024-04-17 |title=India secures nine medals in Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 |url=https://telanganatoday.com/india-secures-nine-medals-in-asian-wrestling-championships-2024 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Telangana Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Manisha was born in the [[Rohtak]] district of [[Haryana]]. She started wrestling to lose weight at the behest of her father.<ref>{{Cite news |title=रोहतक की बेटियों ने अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर बनाई पहचान: रितिका और मनीषा ने सीनियर एशियन कुश्ती चैंपियनशिप में जीते ब्राॅन्ज मेडल |trans-title=Girls of Rohtak make their mark on an international level: Ritika and Manisha win bronze at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/haryana/rohtak/news/ritika-and-manisha-won-bronze-medal-in-senior-asian-wrestling-championship-131166357.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref>

== Senior career results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width="30" |Res.
! width="30" |Record
! width="220" |Opponent
! width="60" |Score
! width="100" |Date
! width="180" |Event
! width="120" |Location
|-
! colspan="7" |24th at [[2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg|62 kg]]
|-
|Loss
|14-6
|{{flagathlete|Sara Lindborg|SWE}}
|2-9
|19 September 2023
|[[2023 World Wrestling Championships]]
|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Belgrade]]
|-
! colspan="7" |{{gold1}} Gold Medall at [[2023 Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek Sanatbaev Tournament#Women's freestyle 65 kg|65 kg]]
|-
|Win
|14-5
|{{flagathlete|Yulia Leskovets|UKR}}
|9-3
| rowspan="4" |3 June 2023
| rowspan="4" |[[2023 Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek Sanatbaev Tournament]]
| rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Bishkek]]
|-
|Win
|13-5
|{{flagathlete|Ölziisaikhany Pürevsüren|MGL}}
|14-0
|-
|Win
|12-5
|{{flagathlete|Gaukhar Mukhatay|KAZ}}
|15-0
|-
|Win
|11-5
|{{flagathlete|Irina Kazyulina|KAZ}}
|19-5
|-
! colspan="7" |{{Bronze3}} Bronze Medal at [[2023 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results#65 kg 2|65 kg]]
|-
|Win
|10-5
|{{flagathlete|Albina Kairgeldinova|KAZ}}
|13-0, Fall
| rowspan="5" |12 April 2023
| rowspan="5" |[[2023 Asian Wrestling Championships]]
| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]
|-
|Loss
|9-5
|{{flagathlete|Mahiro Yoshitake|JPN}}
|7-1, Fall
|-
|Loss
|9-4
|{{flagathlete|[[Long Jia]]|CHN}}
|0-15
|-
|Win
|9-3
|{{flagathlete|Ariukhan Jumabaeva|UZB}}
|11-0, Fall
|-
|Win
|8-3
|{{flagathlete|[[Baatarjavyn Shoovdor]]|MGL}}
|5-2
|-
! colspan="7" |{{Bronze3}} Bronze Medal at [[2022 Tunis Ranking Series#Women's freestyle 62 kg|62 kg]]
|-
|Loss
|7-3
|{{flagathlete|[[Khadija Jlassi]]|TUN}}
|7-11
| rowspan="2" |16 July 2022
| rowspan="2" |[[2022 Tunis Ranking Series|2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series]]
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Tunis]]
|-
|Win
|7-2
|{{flagathlete|Emma Bruntil|USA}}
|5-2
|-
! colspan="7" |{{gold1}} Gold Medal at [[2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup#Women's freestyle 65 kg|65 kg]]
|-
|Win
|6-2
|{{flagathlete|[[Elis Manolova]]|AZE}}
|11-0
| rowspan="5" |3 June 2022
| rowspan="5" |[[2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup]]
| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]
|-
|Win
|5-2
|{{flagathlete|Ariukhan Jumabaeva|UZB}}
|14-0
|-
|Win
|4-2
|{{flagathlete|Dinora Rustamova|UZB}}
|16-0, Fall
|-
|Win
|3-2
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Shalygina]]|KAZ}}
|11-5
|-
|Loss
|2-2
|{{flagathlete|[[Elis Manolova]]|AZE}}
|0-15
|-
! colspan="7" |{{Bronze3}} Bronze Medal at [[2022 Asian Wrestling Championships - Results#62 kg|62 kg]]
|-
|Win
|2-1
|{{flagathlete|Lee Han-bit|KOR}}
|9-2, Fall
| rowspan="3" |22 April 2022
| rowspan="3" |[[2022 Asian Wrestling Championships]]
| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|MGL}} [[Ulaanbaatar]]
|-
|Loss
|1-1
|{{flagathlete|[[Nonoka Ozaki]]|JPN}}
|0-14
|-
|Win
|1-0
|{{flagathlete|[[Ayaulym Kassymova]]|KAZ}}
|12-0
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{UWW|id=manisha-manisha}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhanwala, Manisha}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Indian female sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Asian Wrestling Championships medalists]]

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