Ravinder Khatri

Ravinder Khatri (born 15 May 1992) is an Indian Greco-Roman wrestler who competes in the 85 kg category.

Ravinder Khatri
Personal information
Nationality India
Born (1992-05-15) 15 May 1992
Haryana, India
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleGreco-Roman
ClubArmy Sport Institute
CoachHawa Singh

Early years

Khatri was born on 15 May 1992 as the son of a farmer. He began wrestling at the akharas of his village, Bodia, located in Jhajjar district, Haryana.[1][2] In 2006, he was selected by the Army Institute of Sport in Pune during a talent scouting event. He became a Junior commissioned officer for the Jat Regiment in 2011.[2]

Career

In March 2016, Khatri secured the bronze medal at Men's 85 kg Greco-Roman event at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, missing out on an Olympic berth as top two wrestlers qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, in May 2016, Khatri gained qualification for the Olympics as the silver medal winner of the tournament, Janarbek Kenjeev of Kyrgyzstan, was disqualified after testing positive.[3]

References
  1. "Rio Zone: Khatri living up to father's hopes". Pune Mirror. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. Gaikwad, Sumeet (1 June 2016). "Rio 2016 Olympics: Ravinder Khatri completes father's dream". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. "Rivals fail dope test, wrestlers Ravinder Khatri and Babita Kumari bag two more Rio quotas for India". DNA India. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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