Mukesh Khatri Explained

Mukesh Khatri
Fullname:Mukesh Khatri
Birth Date:8 October 1982
Birth Place:Madhya Pradesh, India
Weight:550NaN0
Country:INDIA/USA
Style:Greco-Roman
Club:Sonkar Wrestling Club
Coach:R.P. Thakran
Show Medals:yes

Mukesh Khatri (born October 8, 1982 in Madhya Pradesh) is a retired amateur Indian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.[1] He represented his nation India at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and then scored a bronze medal in the 55-kg division at the 2005 Asian Wrestling Championships in Wuhan, China.[2] Khatri also served as a member of and trained for Sonkar Wrestling Club in Delhi, under his coach and mentor R.P. Thakran.

Khatri qualified for the Indian squad, as a lone Greco-Roman wrestler, in the men's 55 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he placed fourth and received a berth on the Indian team from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3] [4] He lost two straight matches each by a 3–0 identical margin to eventual silver medalist Geidar Mamedaliyev of Russia, and reigning world champion Dariusz Jabłoński of Poland, leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing penultimate out of 22 wrestlers in the final standings.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Mukesh Khatri. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/mukesh-khatri-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 8 July 2014.
  2. News: Superb show by Indian wrestlers . https://web.archive.org/web/20060519111023/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/31/stories/2005053101041900.htm. dead. 19 May 2006. 31 May 2005. . 8 July 2014.
  3. News: Abbott. Gary. Olympic Games preview at 55 kg/121 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman. USA Wrestling. The Mat. 13 July 2004. 21 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607004122/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10286. 7 June 2014. dead.
  4. News: Shenkar. Shashank. Grapplers ready for Olympic glory. Times of India. 27 February 2004. 7 July 2014.
  5. Web site: Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 55kg. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 23 September 2013.
  6. News: Wrestler Mukesh Khatri goes down tamely. The Hindustan Times. 24 August 2004. 7 July 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714191942/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm3/wrestler-mukesh-khatri-goes-down-tamely/article1-21655.aspx. 14 July 2014.