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{{Infobox sport wrestler<br />
| name = Sujeet Maan<br />
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| fullname = Sujeet Maan<br />
| nationality = {{IND}}<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|15|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India<br />
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| height = {{height|m=1.67|abbr=on}}<br />
| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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| style = [[Freestyle wrestling|Freestyle]]<br />
| club = Guru Hanuman Wrestling Club<br />
| coach = Maha Singh Rao<br />
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Wrestling Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 Asian Wrestling Championships|2004 Tehran]]|74 kg}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[1999 Asian Wrestling Championships|1999 Tashkent]]|69 kg}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2000 Asian Wrestling Championships|2000 Guilin]]|69 kg}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 Asian Wrestling Championships|2003 New Delhi]]|74 kg}}<br />
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'''Sujeet Maan''' ({{lang-hi|सुजीत मान}}; born 15 December 1978 in [[New Delhi]]) is a retired amateur Indian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Sujeet Maan|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/sujeet-maan-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/sujeet-maan-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 July 2014}}</ref> He achieved top six finishes in the 74-kg division at the [[Asian Games]] (1998 and 2002), produced a stark tally of four medals (one silver and three bronze) at the [[Asian Wrestling Championships]], and also represented his nation [[India]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Before his sporting career ended in 2006, Maan trained full-time for Guru Hanuman Wrestling Club in his native [[New Delhi]], under his coach and mentor Maha Singhrao.<br />
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Maan made his senior sporting debut at the [[1998 Asian Games]] in [[Bangkok, Thailand]], where he placed fourth in the [[Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 69 kg|men's welterweight]] class (69&nbsp;kg), losing out to Japan's Ryusaburo Katsu by a tough 2–3 verdict.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunita claims silver as Usha saga ends|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98dec19/sports.htm|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|location=[[Chandigarh]]|date=19 December 1998|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref> Determined to return to the sporting scene, Maan continued to blossom his wrestling career by collecting three bronze medals in the same class at the [[Asian Wrestling Championships]] since 1999, until he delivered his stellar performance with a silver in 2004.<ref name=maan>{{cite news|title=Maan, Cheema bag silvers|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040420/asp/sports/story_3148396.asp|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|location=[[Calcutta]]|date=20 April 2004|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref> He also entered the [[2002 Asian Games]] in [[Busan, South Korea]] as one of the heavy medal favorites in the [[Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 74 kg|middleweight category]], but left empty-handed with a sixth-place finish.<br />
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At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], Maan qualified for his first Indian squad in the [[Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg|men's 74 kg]] class. Earlier in the process, he clinched the eighth spot at the [[2003 World Wrestling Championships]] in [[New York City, New York]], and then confirmed his berth on the Indian team by placing third from the [[2004 Asian Wrestling Championships|Asian Championships]] in [[Tehran, Iran]].<ref name=maan/><ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Olympic Games preview at 74 kg/163 lbs. in men's freestyle|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10316|work=[[USA Wrestling]]|publisher=The Mat|date=15 July 2004|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233649/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10316|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian grapplers miss medals but earn Olympic berths|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/17/stories/2003091703261800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031023194346/http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/17/stories/2003091703261800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2003|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 September 2003|accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref> He lost two straight matches each to Japan's [[Kunihiko Obata]] (8–0) and Cuba's [[Iván Fundora]] (6–0) by an identical margin, leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing eighteenth in the final standings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 74kg|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532650.stm|work=[[Athens 2004]]|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=30 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sujit Mann loses first bout|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/28oly-wre.htm|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]|date=29 August 2004|accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Kamesh|title=Face-saving win for Sushil Kumar|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/29/stories/2004082910181600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041122040103/http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/29/stories/2004082910181600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 November 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 August 2004|accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1978 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Olympic wrestlers of India]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1998 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Sport wrestlers from Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male sport wrestlers]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Wrestling Championships medalists]]<br />
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