Geetika Jakhar
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Agroha, Haryana, India[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Hisar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 Kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geetika Jakhar (born 18 August 1985) is an Indian wrestler. She is the first women wrestler in the history of Indian sports to be judged the Best Wrestler of the 2005 Commonwealth Championships. For her extraordinary achievements in the field of sports, the government of Haryana has appointed her to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police.[9]
Personal life and family
Geetika's father Satyavir Singh Jakhar is a sports officer in Hisar, Haryana. She was inspired to take up wrestling by her grand father, Ch. Amar Chand Jakhar, an accomplished wrestler himself. She started wrestling at the age of 13, and was awarded the Bharat Kesari at the age of 15 by beating Sonika Kaliraman in the dangal final in New Delhi in 2000. She has been awarded the Bharat Kesari award for a consecutive 9 years from then on. She is married to Kamaldeep Singh Rana, who is working in Haryana public work department as an Executive Engineer. He is great grandson of CH mayshuk Zalidarof rawalwas khurd in Hisar district in the state of Haryana.
Early career
Geetika was actively participating in sports at a school level with her focus being athletics. But the turning point came when her family moved from her native village Agroha to Hisar to provide a better education for her younger brother and her. In an attempt to competitively pursue athletics, her father had taken her to the Mahabir Stadium in Hisar but they returned disappointed without finding any coach. In the nearby wrestling hall, young Geetika was drawn to other girls practicing wrestling. She immediately fell in love with the sport and from October 1998, she chose wrestling as her sport, leaving athletics. It took her four months after discovering wrestling when she represented Haryana at the 1999 National Games in Manipur and finished fourth.
She became the youngest wrestler to win a gold medal in all editions of the 2001 National Championships: Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior - an admirable record that has yet to be broken.
1999
- Participated as youngest wrestler in National Games Imphal (Manipur) at the age of 13 in 56 kg women freestyle and stood fourth.
- Gold Medal at Haryana State Games held at Bhiwani; declared Best Women Wrestler of Haryana.
2000
- Gold Medal at Sub -Junior National championship, Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi.
2001
- Gold Medal at Sub -Junior National Championship.
- Gold Medal at Junior National Championship.
- Gold Medal at Senior National Championship, Nedani, Haryana
- Gold Medal at National Games, Ludhiana, Punjab
International career
Her international career began with her first appearance at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships in New York, USA.
2002
- Participated in World Championships, New York, USA where she reached to quarter-finals .
- Gold Medal at National Games, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
- Gold Medal at Senior National Championship.
2003
- Participated in World Championships, ATHENS, GREECE where she reached quaterfinals.
- Silver Medal at Senior Asian Championship, New DelhiIndia.
- Gold Medal at Commonwealth Championship; LondonCanada.
2005
- Silver Medal at Senior Asian Championship, China.
- Gold Medal at Commonwealth Championship; declared best wrestler of the tournament, first Indian women wrestler to get "Best Wrestler of Commonwealth Games" title.
- Silver Medal at World Championships held at Lithuania.
2006
- Silver Medal at the Asian Games, Doha, Qatar biggest medal in wrestling at asian games and 1st medal by Indian women wrestler.
2007
- Silver Medal at Commonwealth Championship, Ontario, Canada.
- Gold Medal at Senior National Championship.
- Gold Medal at National Games, Guwahati, Assam
- Participated in Senior Asian Championships, Bishek, Kyrgyzstan[10]
2012
- Gold Medal at Senior National Championship.
2013
- Bronze Medal at Senior Asian Championship, New Delhi, India
2014
- Silver Medal at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland.[11]
- Bronze Medal at the Asian Games, Incheon, South Korea[12]
Awards
- Bhim Award, 2003 - given to outstanding athletes from the state of Haryana, India
- Arjuna Award - 2006
- Kalpana Chawla Excellence award for Outstanding Women, 2009
See also
References
- ↑ "GEETIKA JAKHAR - BIOGRAPHY". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "Jakhar, Geetika (IND)". Institut für Angewandte Trainingswissenschaft (IAT). Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "2003 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - London, Ontario, Canada ARTICLES & RESULTS". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ "Indian grapplers sweep gold in Commonwealth Championship". Zee News. 2 July 2005. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ "2007 - Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - Information & RESULTS". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ "Haryana grapplers strike gold in SA". The Tribune. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ "India wins four medals". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ "Indian wrestlers win 10 medals". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ Geetika Jakhar. glasgow2014.com
- ↑ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Geetika Jakhar Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ "Sports Information". incheon2014ag.org (via Wayback Machine). Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2016.