Bishambar Singh

Bishambar Singh (also Bishamber, 1 October 1940 – 2004) is a retired Indian bantamweight wrestler. In 1966 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the Asian Games, both in freestyle wrestling. Next year he won a silver medal at the world championships, he is the 1st Indian who won the Silver medal in world wrestling championship. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in freestyle and Greco-Roman divisions with the best result of sixth place in freestyle in 1964. The same year he received the Arjuna Award.[2] He should not be confused with fellow wrestlers Bhim Singh and Bishwanath Singh who competed in the same period, but in heavyweight categories.[1][3][4]

Bishambar singh

Personal information
Born	1 October 1940 Bahipur, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Died	2004 (aged 63–64)
Height	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Indian Railways
Medal record Representing  India World Championships 1967 New Delhi –57 kg Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston –57 kg Asian Games 1966 Bangkok –57 kg

References

1. Bishambar Singh. sports-reference.com
2. Manish Tiwari. Wrestler Bishamber Singh. indianexpress.com
3. Singh, Bishambar (IND). iat.uni-leipzig.de
4. COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS – WRESTLING. gbrathletics.com