Sushil Kumar Solanki (born May 26, 1983)is an Indian freestyle wrestler. He was competing in the 66 kg weight division when he won the 2010 world title, a silver medal at the
2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the only Indian (since independence) to win two individual Olympic medals.
He carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. His 2008 Olympic medal was the second for India in wrestling, and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
In July 2009, he received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – India's highest honour for sportspersons.] On October 3, 2010, Kumar handed the Queen's Baton to Prince Charles in the Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony Sushil won a gold medal in the 74 kg division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Kumar started training in Pehlwani at the Chhatrasal Stadium's akhada at the age of 14. He was trained at the akhada by Yashvir and Ramphal, later by Arjuna awardee Satpal, and then at the Indian Railways camp by Gyan Singh and Rajkumar Baisla Gurjar.
After switching to freestyle wrestling, Kumar's first success came at the World Cadet Games in 1998, where he won the gold medal in his weight category, followed by a gold at the Asian Junior Wrestling Championship in 2000.
After graduating from junior competitions, Kumar won a bronze medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships and a gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in 2003.
Kumar placed fourth at the 2003 World Championships, but this went largely unnoticed by the Indian media as he fared badly in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, placing 14th in the 60 kg weight class. He won gold medals at the Commonwealth wrestling championships in 2005 and 2007.
He placed seventh in the 2007 World Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first person to win two Olympic medals for independent India. Kumar was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2006 and the coveted Padma Shri by the Indian Government in 2011.
The 2008 Beijing Olympics
Kumar lost to Andriy Stadnik in the first round of the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event leaving his medal hopes hinged on the repechage. He defeated Doug Schwab in the first playoff round and Albert Batyrov in the second round. In the bronze medal match on August 20, 2008, Kumar beat Leonid Spiridonov 3:1.
Kumar disclosed that he had no massage during the three bouts he won within a span of 70 minutes to take the bronze. The team manager, Kartar Singh, who is a former Asian Games medallist, acted as the masseur for him
World Wrestling Championships 2010, Moscow
At the 2010 World Wrestling Championships, Kumar became the first Indian to win a world title in wrestling. He beat the local favourite, Alan Gogaev of Russia, 3–1 in the finals in the 66 kg category.
Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games
Kumar won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi on 10 October 2010. He beat Heinrich Barnes 7–0 in the finals in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling category.
The bout was stopped by the referee in the second round. Earlier, in the semifinals, Kumar defeated Famara Jarjou 3–0 in just 9 seconds. In the quarterfinals, Kumar defeated Muhammad Salman 10–0 in 46 seconds.
London 2012 Olympic Games
Kumar won a silver medal after losing the final to Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu. Earlier, he had entered the final amid some controversy by beating Kazakhastan's Akzhurek Tanatarov in the semifinal.
The Kazakh athlete claimed that Kumar had bitten his ear, which was denied by the latter. Kumar was the Olympic flag bearer for India at the opening ceremony
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Kumar defeated Qamar Abbas in the 74 kg final to win the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. He won in 107 seconds by fall.
Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast, Australia
Kumar won gold in the 74 kg category on April 12, 2018, Thursday, beating South Africa’s Johannes Botha in the final that lasted 80 seconds, thus achieving the feat of winning 3 gold medals in 3 consecutive Commonwealth games.
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