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	{{Short description\|Indian wrestler}}		{{Short description\|Indian wrestler (born 1999)}}
	{{Infobox sportsperson		{{Infobox sportsperson
	\| name = Sunil ~~Malik~~		\| name = Sunil Kumar
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| image_size =		\| image_size =
	\| caption =		\| caption = Sunil at the [[2023 Asian Wrestling Championships\|2023 Asian Championships]]
	\| birth_name =		\| birth_name =
	\| fullname =		\| fullname = Sunil Kumar Dabarpurya
	\| nationality = ~~[[India]]~~n		\| nationality = {{IND}}n
	\| residence =		\| residence =
	\| birth_date = 29 ~~September 1999~~		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1999\|9\|29\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place =		\| birth_place = Dabarpur, [[Sonipat district]], [[Haryana]], India
	\| death_date =		\| death_date =
	\| death_place =		\| death_place =
			\| employer = [[Indian Railways]]
	\| height =		\| height =
	\| weight =		\| weight =
	\| country =		\| country =
	\| sport = ~~[[Greco-Roman wrestling]]~~		\| sport =
	\| event =		\| event =
	\| pb =		\| pb =
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	\| coach =		\| coach =
	\| alma_mater =		\| alma_mater =
			\| occupation = Chief Ticket Inspector
	\| retired =		\| retired =
	\| olympics =		\| olympics =
	\| highestranking =		\| highestranking =
	\| show-medals = yes		\| show-medals = yes
	\| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport\|Men's [[~~greco~~-~~roman~~ wrestling]]}}		\| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport\|Men's [[Greco-Roman wrestling]]}}[[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg\|30px]]
	{{~~MedalCountry~~\|~~{{IND}}}}~~		{{Medal\|Competition\| [[Asian Games]] }}
	~~{{MedalCompetition~~\|[[~~Wrestling at the Asian Games\|~~Asian Games]]}}
	{{MedalBronze\|[[2022 Asian Games\|2022 Hangzhou]]\|[[Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg\|87 kg]]}}		{{MedalBronze\|[[2022 Asian Games\|2022 Hangzhou]]\|[[Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg\|87 kg]]}}
			{{Medal\|Competition\| [[Asian Wrestling Championships\|Asian Championships]] }}
			{{Medal\|Gold\|[[2020 Asian Wrestling Championships\|2020 New Delhi]]\|[[2020 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results#87 kg 2\|87 kg]]}}
			{{Medal\|Silver\|[[2019 Asian Wrestling Championships\|2019 Xi'an]]\|[[2019 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results#87 kg 2\|87 kg]]}}
			{{MedalBronze\|[[2022 Asian Wrestling Championships\|2022 Ulaanbaatar]]\|87 kg}}
			{{MedalBronze\|[[2023 Asian Wrestling Championships\|2023 Astana]]\|87 kg}}
			{{MedalBronze\|[[2025 Asian Wrestling Championships\|2025 Amman]]\|87 kg}}
			{{Medal\|Competition\|[[United World Wrestling\|Grand Prix]]}}
			{{MedalGold\|[[2022 Tunis Ranking Series\|2022 Tunis]]\|87 kg}}
			{{MedalSilver\|2020 Rome\|87 kg}}
			{{Medal\|Competition\|[[Commonwealth Wrestling Championships\|Commonwealth Championships]]}}
			{{MedalGold\|2017 Johannesburg\|87 kg}}
			{{Medal\|Competition\|[[Asian Wrestling Championships\|U23 Asian Championships]]}}
			{{MedalGold\|2022 Bishkek\|87 kg}}
			{{Medal\|Competition\|[[Asian Wrestling Championships\|U20 Asian Championships]]}}
			{{MedalBronze\|2017 Taichung\|84 kg}}
			{{MedalBronze\|2018 New Delhi\|87 kg}}
			{{MedalBronze\|2019 Chon Buri\|87 kg}}
			{{Medal\|Competition\|[[Asian Wrestling Championships\|U17 Asian Championships]]}}
			{{MedalSilver\|2016 Taichung\|85 kg}}
	}}		}}
	'''Sunil Kumar ~~Malik~~''' (~~[[Hindi]]: सुनील कुमार,~~ born 29 September 1999) ~~in a [[Jat]] family of Malik-Gathwala gotra~~ is an [[~~India~~]]~~n wrestler~~.~~<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Lakshya Sports » Sunil Kumar \|url=https://lakshyasports.com/player/sunil-kumar/ \|access-date=2023-10-06 \|language=en-GB}}</ref>~~<ref>{{Cite news \|last=PTI \|date=2023-10-04 \|title=Wrestling {{!}} Sunil Kumar wins India's first Greco Roman medal at Asian Games since 2010 \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/wrestling-sunil-kumar-wins-indias-first-greco-roman-medal-at-asian-games-since-2010/article67380092.ece \|access-date=2023-10-04 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> ~~He won a bronze medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg\|men's Greco-Roman 87 kg]] event at the [[2022 Asian Games]].~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/wrestling/result-men-s-greco-roman-87kg-repf-000100-.htm\|title=Asian Games Results\|publisher=Asian Games, Hangzhou 2022\|date=2 October 2023\|access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>		'''Sunil Kumar''' (born 29 September 1999) is an Indian [[Greco-Roman wrestler\|greco-roman wrestler]] who competes in the men's 87 kg category.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=PTI \|date=2023-10-04 \|title=Wrestling {{!}} Sunil Kumar wins India's first Greco Roman medal at Asian Games since 2010 \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/wrestling-sunil-kumar-wins-indias-first-greco-roman-medal-at-asian-games-since-2010/article67380092.ece \|access-date=2023-10-04 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/wrestling/result-men-s-greco-roman-87kg-repf-000100-.htm\|title=Asian Games Results\|publisher=Asian Games, Hangzhou 2022\|date=2 October 2023\|access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="asian_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web \|title=2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book \|url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_asian_og_qualifier.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422185521/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_asian_og_qualifier.pdf \|archive-date=22 April 2024 \|access-date=22 April 2024 \|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In recognition of his contributions to the Indian Greco-Roman wrestling, he was conferred with the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2023-12-21 \|title=National Sports Awards 2023: Wrestlers Sunil, Antim, golfer Diksha to get Arjuna \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/national-sports-awards-2023-wrestlers-sunil-antim-golfer-diksha-to-get-arjuna-101703183145782.html \|access-date=2024-01-16 \|website=Hindustan Times \|language=en}}</ref>

	== ~~Early life and education~~ ==		==References==
	~~Sunil was born to Ashwini Kumar in 1999 in Dabarpur, in Haryana’s Sonipat district.~~		{{reflist}}

	~~Sunil enrolled at the sports school in Nidani, Haryana, where he studied and practiced wrestling in order to further his career in wrestling.~~		== External links ==

	~~His father, who was a farmer and passed away following a road accident in 2010.~~		* {{UWW\|id=sunil-kumar}}

	~~==References==~~
	{{~~reflist~~}}

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sunil}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sunil}}
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]
	[[Category:Indian male sport wrestlers]]		[[Category:Indian male sport wrestlers]]
			[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
	[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games]]		[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games]]
	~~[[Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]~~
	[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]		[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
			[[Category:Asian Games wrestlers for India]]
	[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]		[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]
	[[Category:1999 births]]		[[Category:1999 births]]
			[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
			[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in wrestling]]

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{{Short description|Indian wrestler}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Wrestling at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg|87 kg]]}}
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'''Sunil Kumar Malik''' ([[Hindi]]: सुनील कुमार, born 29 September 1999) in a [[Jat]] family of Malik-Gathwala gotra is an [[India]]n wrestler.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lakshya Sports » Sunil Kumar |url=https://lakshyasports.com/player/sunil-kumar/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2023-10-04 |title=Wrestling {{!}} Sunil Kumar wins India's first Greco Roman medal at Asian Games since 2010 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/wrestling-sunil-kumar-wins-indias-first-greco-roman-medal-at-asian-games-since-2010/article67380092.ece |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg|men's Greco-Roman 87 kg]] event at the [[2022 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/wrestling/result-men-s-greco-roman-87kg-repf-000100-.htm|title=Asian Games Results|publisher=Asian Games, Hangzhou 2022|date=2 October 2023|access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Sunil was born to Ashwini Kumar in 1999 in Dabarpur, in Haryana’s Sonipat district.

Sunil enrolled at the sports school in Nidani, Haryana, where he studied and practiced wrestling in order to further his career in wrestling.

His father, who was a farmer and passed away following a road accident in 2010.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sunil}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:1999 births]]

Sunil Kumar (wrestler) - Revision history

Gauravdewasi: cleaned up intro for clarity per sources

180.149.227.185 at 18:15, 6 October 2023