Indian wrestler Reetika Hooda will vie for a medal in the 76kg category. Reetika’s father Jagbir Singh is a farmer and her mother Neelam is a housewife, as per an official release. “My father took me to Chhotu Ram Akhada. I was asked to perform a certain attack by my coach Mandeep and he was happy the way I did it, so they took me in. Now wrestling is everything. I eat, sleep, dream about wrestling. I can’t think of anything else,” the Haryana-born was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Reetika Hooda became the 1st Indian Woman Wrestler to claim a Gold medal at the Under-23 World Championship (2023). The 22-year-old had bagged a Silver medal at the 2023 Ranking Series. She had also won a Bronz medal in the women’s 72kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan last year.
Age: 22
Ranking: Women’s wrestling Seniors 76kg – 54
Sports/Discipline: Women’s wrestling 76kg
First Olympic Games: Paris 2024
Major Achievements
- 2024 Ranking Series, Polyak Imre & Vargo Janos Memorial – Silver medal
- 2023, 2022 U23 World Championship – Gold medal
- 2023 Ranking Series, K. U. Kozhomkul & R. Sanatbaev – Silver medal
- 2023 Senior Asian Championship – Bronze medal
- 2023 Ranking Series, Ibrahim Moustafa – Bronze medal
- 2022 U20 World Championship – Bronze medal
Paris Olympics Qualification
Reetika Hooda became the first Indian woman to qualify for the 76kg heavyweight wrestling category at the Olympics. She had earned the quote in the women’s 76kg at the Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan earlier this year in April.
Recent Performances
In one of her latest appearances, Reetika Hooda claimed a silver medal in the women’s 76kg category at the Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial 2024 wrestling tournament held in Budapest, Hungary last month. The Indian wrestler won three of her four bouts to bag the silver medal.
Event Date
August 10, Saturday – Wrestling – Women’s 76 kg Round of 16
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