Manisha wins solitary gold at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025

Manisha Bhanwala won the solitary gold for India at the 2025 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship as India finished its campaign with 10 - one gold, three silver, and six bronze medals.

At the 20th edition of the Asian  Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Indian wrestlers won nine medals - four silvers and five bronzes.

The 21st edition of the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship was organised by the United World Wrestling and was hosted by Amman, the capital city of Jordan, from 25-30 March 2025. Amman was hosting the prestigious continental event for the first time.

Indian Medal Winners at the Amman Championship 

India sent a 30-member wrestling contingent for the Amman Championships. It consisted of 10 women and 10 men, each for the men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman categories.

The Indian team consisted of 2024 Paris Olympian and world bronze medalist Antim Pangal, former world U23 champion Reetika, and world U17 champion Mansi Lather. 

The following are the medal winners 

Gold Medal -One 

• Manisha Bhanwala in the women’s 62kg.

Silver Medal-Three

• Reetika Hooda  in the women’s 76 kg division
• Udit in the men’s freestyle 61 kg
• Deepak Punia in the men’s freestyle 92 kg

Bronze Medal - Six medals

• Antim Pangal in women’s 53 kg
• Mansi Lather in women's 68kg
• Muskan in women 59 Kg
• Dinesh in men’s freestyle 125 kg
• Dinesh Kumar in men’s Greco-Roman 87 Kg
• Nitesh in men’s Greco-Roman 97 Kg

About United World Wrestling 

The United World Wrestling is the governing body of wrestling in the world.

The United World Wrestling Federation was founded as the International Amateur Wrestling Federation in 1921.

In 1952, it was renamed as the  International Federation of Amateur Wrestling (FILA), and again in 2014, it took the present name United World Wrestling.

Headquarters:Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland

President : Nenad Lalovic