List of Pehlwani wrestlers explained

This is a list of Pehlwani wrestlers who played in Olympics, Asian Games and State level Kesari tournaments.

Olympic Freestyle Wrestlers

• Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav – 1952 Olympic bronze medalist, 1948 Olympics 6th place
• Mohammad Bashir – 1960 Olympic bronze medalist, 3-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist, 4-time Asian Games medalist

Asian Games Freestyle Wrestlers

Bhim singh bhati – 1966 Commonwealth Gold medalist in 100 kg

• Chandgiram – 1970 Asian Games gold medalist
• Bharat Kesari Gama Pehalwan – Asian Games medalist^[1]

Other prominent South Asian wrestlers

• Krishan Kumar Bhaprodia – Olympic participant, Hind Kesari 1986, Rustam-e-Hind, 3 Times National Champion, 3 Times Army Service Champion, Jawahar Kesari^{[2] [3]} *
• Pandit Brahmdev Mishra – Lion of India, who defeated World Champion Dara Singh within few minutes in Kolkata
• Pandit Ram Narayan Mishra – Lion of Uttar Pradesh
• Akram Pahalwan – son of the wrestling legend Imam Baksh Pahalwan
• Aslam Pahlwan – also trained by Mama Moti Singh
• Bholu Brothers – illustrious Pehlwan Brothers (Bholu, Aslam, Goga, Akram and Azam)
• Mehar din pahlwan – Rustam-e-Hind, a great wrestler openly challenged all so called top wrestlers of his time and openly double challenged Chandgi Ram and Dara Singh
• Mangla Rai – Rustam-e-Hind
• Goga Pahalwan – son of the wrestling legend Imam Baksh Pahalwan
• Great Gama
• Jaspal Singh Virk – wrestling Legend in India
• Gulam – accompanied the late Pandit Motilal Nehru to Paris in 1900 and defeated Cour-Derelli of Turkey
• Guru Hanuman – wrestler and coach
• Karim Bux – first wrestler to get into world headlines, when he defeated Tom Canon of England in 1892
• Kikkar Singh – Dev-e-Hind, known for his phenomenal chest and body
• Maruti Mane – Jakarta King 1962-1972
• Premnath Wrestler – Guru Premnath, Arjun Awardee 1972
• Rajkumar Baisla (Wrestler) – (Dhyan chand Awardee & Yash Bharti Award)
• Ramesh Kumar
• Uday Chand – Bronze Medalist World Wrestling championship
• Gama Pehalwan – Bharat Kesari and National Champion

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bharat Kesari GAMA Pahalwan and Mishra family, Gorakhpur,Uttar Pradesh. www.facebook.com. en. 2020-04-05.
2. Web site: Hindi News: Dronacharya avardi capt chandupur dies | द्रोणाचार्य अवॉर्डी कैप्टन चांदरूप का निधन - Navbharat Times Hindi Newspaper . 2018-01-15 . 2018-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180116140639/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/chandigarh/dronacharya-avardi-capt-chandupur-dies/articleshow/58500739.cms . dead .
3. [Pehlwani]