Commonwealth Games 2022: Bajrang Punia's achievements in CWG till now

Commonwealth Games 2022 starts off on 28 July at Birmingham England. Bajrang Punia, the Indian freestyle wrestler is a part of this international multi-sport event this year. Before starting off with the upcoming season, let's take a look at his achievements in the Commonwealth Games till now.

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Bajrang Punia is the winner of 2 medals in the Commonwealth Games till now. On his participation in this global event in 2014 and 2018, he claimed the gold medal and the silver medal respectively. Also, in the last Tokyo Olympics 2020, Bajrang brought the bronze medal home by beating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan with a margin of 8-0. In that match, he clearly dominated over his opponent to successfully win by a wide difference of 8-0. His most recent medal came in 2021. He clinched the gold medal in the 65 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021, hosted in Rome, Italy.

2014 Commonwealth Games

Bajrang Punia won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 61 kg category in this tournament. He lost 1-4 to Canada's David Tremblay in the final and claimed the silver medal. To reach the finals, the Indian wrestler won 4-1 against Marno Plaatjies in the quarter-finals. Later, in the semi-finals, he also defeated Amas Daniel, the Nigerian wrestler 3-1, and booked the ticket to the finals.

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2018 Commonwealth Games:

Gold Coast, Australia hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games finals. Punia defeated Wales' Kane Charig by Technical Superiority and won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg category.

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