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Wrestling Haryana Association — from the village akhara to the Olympic podium

Dream, Train, Excel for India: Indian wrestlers in national colours, one waving the tricolour.
Building Champions for a Stronger India: Indian wrestlers, one holding a gold medal.
Born to Wrestle, Built to Win: Indian wrestlers, one with an Olympic silver medal.
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Registered wrestlersU-15 to Senior
12,480
Clubs & akharasAffiliated through districts
1,126
Certified coachesAcross all districts
642
District associationsEvery district of Haryana
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01WHA Rise

WHA Rise

From Grassroots to Global Excellence

A digital initiative to connect Haryana's wrestling ecosystem, discover emerging talent and build structured pathways from village akharas to the Olympic podium.

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What WHA Rise aims to achieve
  1. 01Digitise the Wrestling Ecosystem
  2. 02Identify Emerging Talent
  3. 03Build Structured Athlete Pathways
  4. 04Track Performance & Achievements
  5. 05Develop Future Champions
02Newsroom

News & circulars

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NationalsAug 2026

Haryana sweep all three team titles at the U-23 Nationals in Rohtak

Wrestling at home at MDU Rohtak, Haryana topped men’s freestyle (200 points), Greco-Roman (195) and women’s wrestling (183).

Read on Telangana Today

Circulars & notices

2 new
  • 02Nov

    Entries open: WHA State Wrestling Championship 2026 (U-17 to Senior)New

    WHA/CIR/2026/41 · PDF

  • 28Oct

    Weigh-in and medical schedule for the District ChampionshipsNew

    WHA/CIR/2026/40 · PDF

  • 17Oct

    Online athlete registration mandatory from the 2026–27 season

    WHA/CIR/2026/38 · PDF

  • 06Oct

    Coach certification workshop, Rohtak: nominations from districts

    WHA/CIR/2026/36 · PDF

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03Honours

Olympians & awardees

Since 2012 every Indian Olympic wrestling team has brought home a medal from Haryana's akharas.

Medallists on the podium of the men’s freestyle 57 kg at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Paris 2024
Aman Sehrawat · Bronze
Photo: National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, CC BY 4.0
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Olympic medals
1 · 4
Silver · Bronze
5
Khel Ratna awardees

Olympic medallists

  1. 2024
    Aman Sehrawat
    Bronze · Paris 2024 · Men's freestyle 57 kg
  2. 2020
    Ravi Kumar Dahiya
    Silver · Tokyo 2020 · Men's freestyle 57 kg
  3. 2020
    Bajrang Punia
    Bronze · Tokyo 2020 · Men's freestyle 65 kg
  4. 2016
    Sakshi Malik
    Bronze · Rio 2016 · Women's freestyle 58 kg
  5. 2012
    Yogeshwar Dutt
    Bronze · London 2012 · Men's freestyle 60 kg

Khel Ratna roll of honour

  • 2012Yogeshwar Dutt
  • 2016Sakshi Malik
  • 2019Bajrang Punia
  • 2020Vinesh Phogat
  • 2021Ravi Kumar Dahiya
04Athlete pathway

Akhara to Olympics in seven steps

Every registered wrestler can see where they stand and what comes next. Tap a step to see how it works.

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05Gallery

Life on the mat

Akharas, dangals and championship moments: photos and videos from Haryana's wrestling.

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A wrestler lifts his opponent high above the mud pit at a kushti bout in Haryana
Kushti in a Haryana mud akhara
Hundreds of spectators ring an open-air mud arena during a village dangal
A village dangal draws the crowds
Yogeshwar Dutt holds up his gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi
Yogeshwar Dutt, CWG 2010 gold
A wrestler trains with traditional clubs at an akhara1:32Video
Morning training at the akhara
Two young wrestlers grapple in the mud as a crowd watches2:48Video
Young wrestlers at a dangal
06Disciplines & calendar

Styles we wrestle, dates to keep

Full calendar
  1. 01

    Freestyle

    Holds on the whole body, legs included. Ten Olympic weight categories.

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  2. 02

    Greco-Roman

    Upper-body wrestling: no holds below the waist.

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  3. 03

    Women's Wrestling

    Freestyle rules across ten weight categories.

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  4. 04

    Kushti

    Traditional mitti (mud) wrestling of the akhara and the dangal.

    Coming later

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