Manisha wins solitary gold at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2025
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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
