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{{short description|Indian wrestler}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Sanjay Kumar
| image = Wrestler Sanjay.png
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| nationality = [[India]]n
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|12|23}}<ref name="Profile" />
| birth_place = Matindu village, [[Sonipat district]], [[Haryana]]<ref name="Duggal, 2009">{{cite journal |last1=Duggal |first1=Saurabh |title=HARYANA: FAVOURED DESTINATION FOR INVESTMENT |journal=Haryana Review|date=January 2009 |volume=23 |issue=1 |page=43 |url=http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/haryana_review_JANUARY-2009.pdf |accessdate=2 September 2016 |publisher=[[Government of Haryana]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902111558/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/haryana_review_JANUARY-2009.pdf |archivedate=29 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| country = India
| sport = [[Wrestling]]
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| event = [[Freestyle wrestling|90 kg freestyle wrestling]]
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| updated = 2 September 2016
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{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Freestyle Wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Wrestling Championship|Commonwealth Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Dunedin<ref>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Championship: Freestyle Seniors: 1991-10-18 Dunedin (NZL): 90.0 kg |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?wkid=560B0EA298C94353B6B3EF597C789B93&gkl=8 |website=iat.uni-leipzig.de |publisher=[[United World Wrestling]] |accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> | 90 kg}}
{{MedalBronze | 1993 Victoria<ref>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Championship Freestyle Seniors 1993-08-13 Victoria (CAN) 90.0 kg |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?wkid=B26B7FC8F8F34812AA84C61C025C015B&gkl=8 |website=iat.uni-leipzig.de |publisher=[[United World Wrestling]] |accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> | 90 kg}}
{{MedalGold | 1995 ZZZ<ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Championship Freestyle Seniors 1995-01-01 (ZZZ) 90.0 kg|url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?wkid=9E8E998C2B9B4F0EABB54ACF5450AFB7&gkl=8|website=iat.uni-leipzig.de|publisher=[[United World Wrestling]]|accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> | 90 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South Asian Games|SAF Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1989 South Asian Games|1989 Islamabad]]<ref>{{cite web|title=South Asian Games Freestyle Seniors 1989-10-23 Islamabad (PAK) 90.0 kg|url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?wkid=47221B6AB30842ECB63E3463CFBED19F&gkl=8|website=iat.uni-leipzig.de|publisher=[[United World Wrestling]]|accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> | 90 kg}}
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'''Sanjay Kumar''' (born 23 December 1967) is a former [[freestyle wrestler]] from India. He became [[Commonwealth Wrestling Championship|Commonwealth Champion]] twice, along with finishing runner-up in the [[1989 South Asian Games]]. Although wrestling was not part of the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]], [[United World Wrestling]] conducted the event for the same in 1991, in which Kumar won gold medal.<ref name="1991 CWG">{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Games: Freestyle Seniors: 1991-01-01 (ZZZ): 90.0 kg|url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?wkid=92895026F3124804BEFA147596E8D111&gkl=8|website=iat.uni-leipzig.de|publisher=[[United World Wrestling]]|accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> He had represented India in both the junior and the senior [[World Wrestling Championships]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|title=Kumar, Sanjay (IND)|url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=944A47FB23EA4C879BEAFA7ECFCB43E3|website=iat.uni-leipzig.de|publisher=[[United World Wrestling]]|accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref>

Along with amateur wrestling, Kumar was also active in the [[Pehlwani|traditional Indian wrestling]], where he won the [[Hind Kesari]], the Bharat Kesari, and the Rustom-e-Hind title. He served in the [[Border Security Force]] (BSF).<ref name="political arena">{{cite news |title=A wrestler enters political arena |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000214/haryana.htm#12 |accessdate=2 September 2016 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |date=14 February 2000 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315200546/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000214/haryana.htm#12 |archivedate=15 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1997, the [[Government of India]] conferred the [[Arjuna Award]] on him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arjun Award Winners for "Wrestling" |url=http://yas.nic.in/arjun-award-winners-wrestling|website=yas.nic.in |publisher=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] |accessdate=2 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123043137/http://yas.nic.in/en/yas2/winner-list-arjun-award-wrestling |archivedate=23 January 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=944A47FB23EA4C879BEAFA7ECFCB43E3 Profile at the United World Wrestling]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Indian male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Sport wrestlers from Haryana]]
[[Category:People from Sonipat district]]
[[Category:Indian male martial artists]]
[[Category:South Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]

Sanjay Kumar (wrestler, born 1967) - Revision history

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