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Three of the Phogat sisters, Geeta, Babita, and Vinesh, are gold medalists in different weight categories at the Commonwealth Games, while Priyanka has won a silver medal at the Asian Championships. Ritu is a National Championships gold medalist and Sangita has won medals at age-level international championships.
Geeta Phogat was born in Balali village of Charkhi Dadri district, Haryana. [6] [1] Her father Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler himself and a Dronacharya Award recipient, is also her coach. [7] [8] Her sister Babita Kumari and cousin Vinesh Phogat are also Commonwealth Games gold medalists.
Ritu is the third daughter of former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and started training under her father at the age of eight. Her sisters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari as well as cousin Vinesh Phogat are all Commonwealth Games gold medalists in wrestling. Another cousin of her, Priyanka Phogat, is also an international level wrestler. In ...
Babita was born in Balali village of Charkhi Dadri district, Haryana in a family of wrestlers. [6] Her father Mahavir Singh Phogat, is a former wrestler himself and recipient of India's prominent sports honor, the Dronacharya Award. [7] Mahavir Singh started coaching Babita and her elder sister, Geeta Phogat from an early age. [8]
Phogat was born on 25 August 1994 in Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India. [8] She is the daughter of Rajpal Phogat and Premlata Phogat and hails from a family of wrestlers. [9] Her sister Priyanka Phogat and cousins Geeta Phogat, Ritu Phogat and Babita Kumari are all wrestlers. [10] [11] She was trained by her uncle Mahavir Singh Phogat. [12]
She is the sister of Commonwealth Games gold medalist wrestler Vinesh Phogat, niece of Dronacharya Award winner Mahavir Phogat, and cousin of Commonwealth Games gold medalist wrestlers - Geeta and Babita.She got married in 15 December 2021.
Phogat was born in Bhiwani district of Haryana. [6] [12] and hails from Balali in Charkhi Dadri district. [13] He is married to Daya Shobha Kaur and has four daughters, Geeta, Babita, Ritu, and Sangita respectively. As a foster father, he also took care of his nieces Vinesh and Priyanka, children of his brother who was killed in a land dispute ...
Geeta Phogat was India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal while her sister Babita Kumari won the silver . This came back in the 2016 Indian movie Dangal.