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Babita Kumari Phogat (born 20 November 1989) is an Indian female wrestler, who won the gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She also won silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships.[4]
Babita Kumari Phogat
Personal information
Nationality
Indian
Born
20 November 1989 (age 29)
Bhiwani,[1] Haryana, India
Height
160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country
India
Sport
Freestyle wrestling
Event(s)
55 kg
Coached by
Mahavir Singh Phogat
Medal record
Women's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing India
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Strathcona County 51kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 51 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Goldcoast 55 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Delhi 55 kg
Commonwealth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Jalandhar[2] 51 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Melbourne[3] 48 kg
Updated on 18 September 2015.
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Personal life and family Edit
Further information: Phogat sisters
Babita is the sister of India's first gold medalist in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games, Geeta Phogat, and the daughter of wrestler and Dronacharya Award recipient Mahavir Singh Phogat. She has a cousin Vinesh Phogat who also won gold, in the 48 kg category, at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5][6][7]
Babita, along with her sister and cousin, have contributed to a change in mindset and attitude towards girls and women in their village in Haryana.[8][9]
Her youngest sister, Ritu Phogat, too is an international level wrestler and has won a gold medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship. Her younger sister, Sangita Phogat is also a wrestler.
Babita Phogat joined the BJP on Monday 12 August 2019.[10]
Career Edit
2009 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship Edit
In the tournament in Jalandhar, Punjab, Babita won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 51 kg category.[11]
2010 Commonwealth Games Edit
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Babita won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 51 kg category after being defeated by Ifeoma Christi Nwoye of Nigeria in the gold medal match with the score of 0–2, 4–5.[12]
2011 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship Edit
In the tournament held in Melbourne, Australia, Babita won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 48 kg category.[11]
2012 World Wrestling Championships Edit
In the Round of 16 of the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, Babita faced Hsin-Ju Chiu of Taipei whom she beat 5:0. Her quarter-finals opponent was Risako Kawai of Japan whom she beat 5:0 to qualify for the semi-finals. She lost 1:3 to Jessica Anne Marie MacDonald of Canada in the semi-finals. She was then able to contest for the bronze medal which she won in the women's freestyle 51 kg category by beating Zamira Rakhmanova of Russia 5:0.[13]
2013 Asian Wrestling Championships Edit
At the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships tournament in New Delhi, India, Babita won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg category along with Han Kum-ok of North Korea.
2014 Commonwealth Games Edit
In the women's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Babita's first opponent in the quarter-finals was Kathryn Marsh of Scotland whom she beat 9–2, 4–0 (classification points 4:1). Her opponent in the semi-finals was Louisa Porogovska of England whom she beat 2–0 (classification points 5:0) – victory by fall (wrestling terminology). In the gold medal bout, she was up against Brittanee Laverdure of Canada whom she beat 5–0, 4–2 (classification points 3:1) to win the gold medal.[14]
2014 Asian Games Edit
Babita was not able to repeat her Commonwealth Games feat at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. In the Round of 16 of the women's freestyle 55 kg category, she faced Srey Mao Dorn of Mongolia whom she beat 5:0. In the quarter-finals, she faced Aiym Abdildina of Kazakhstan whom she beat 3:1. She lost 0:4 to Olympic champion Saori Yoshida of Japan in the semi-finals. She was able to contest for the bronze medal but lost 1:3 to her opponent Xuechun Zhong of China.[15]
2015 Asian Wrestling Championships Edit
Babita defeated Abdy Kadyrova Elsa of Kyrgyzstan 10–0 in the quarterfinal of the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships, after getting the better of Zukhra Mustanova of Uzbekistan by the same margin in the qualification round. Babita failed to enter the final as she lost her semifinal bout to Pak Yong-Mi of North Korea, losing in the last five seconds.
With a chance for a podium finish, Babita lost to Zhuldyz Eshimova-Turtbayeva of Kazakhstan 3–6 in the bronze medal play-off.[16][17]