Kripa Shankar Patel
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Native name | कृपाचंद पटेल बिश्नोई | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Kripa Shankar Patel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | india | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Indore City, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, India | 5 August 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2017)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) (2010)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 55 kg freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Master Chandgiram Akhara, Delhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Indian Wrestling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Master Chandgi Ram ji & Shivram Patel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National finals | "Arjuna Award winners" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi (born 5 August 1977) is an Indian professional
Biography
Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi was born on 5 August 1977, in
Wrestling career
He has participated in 53 international wrestling competitions, winning 11 gold, 8 silver, and 5 bronze medals.[citation needed]
Mr. Patel represented India in Asian cadet wrestling competition held from 3 to 5 December 1989 and by beating the Iranian wrestler K.D. Mohammad with a great score of 8/1 established his first step in international wrestling scenario and then always remained glittering in the whole world representing India.
Commonwealth Games
Competing in the Flyweight division, Bishnoi was a bronze medalist at the 15th edition of the Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Wrestling Championship Events
Bishnoi competed in
- Silver medal –
2005 (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Gold medal – under 55 weight category, Freestyle wrestling
- Gold medal – under 55 weight category, Greco-Roman wrestling
2007 (London, Canada)
- Gold medal – Freestyle wrestling
- Silver medal – Greco-Roman wrestling[5]
Olympic Qualifying Events
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (January 2018) |
Bishnoi represented India four times in Olympic qualifying tournaments: , 2000, Leipzig, Germany, 5th place; 2000, Tokyo, Japan, 10th place; 2000, Minsk, Belarus; 2008, warsaw, Poland. He also competed at World Cup events in Canada, winning gold in 2003 and 2007.In Canada world cup Mr. Patel competed with all wrestlers and proved to be a perfectionist in his sports by winning a gold in Canada world cup (11 to 12 July 2003, Canada).
Asian Competitions
Bishnoi competed in the 1998 Asian Games (Bangkok, Thailand) and 2002 Asian Games (Bussan, South Korea),[citation needed] and in the Asian Wrestling Championships, placing 4th in 2000 (Gulin, China), 4th in 2001 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), and earning a bronze medal in 2003 Asian Wrestling Championships (New Delhi, India).[6] Bishnoi won gold medals at the 7th, 8th, and 9th editions of the South Asian Games.[citation needed]
Awards
In 2000, Bishnoi received the Arjuna Award in recognition of outstanding National (India) achievement in sport.[7] In 1994 he was a recipient of the Vikram Award.[citation needed]
Coaching
After retiring from wrestling competition, Bishnoi served as coach for Indian female wrestlers at the senior national coaching camp, contributing to a 2016 bronze medal in women's wrestling in 2016 Summer Olympics for India.[citation needed] Bishnoi is also a referee.[8]
Bollywood career
Bishnoi was recruited to train
Controversy
In 2017, the Wrestling Federation of India imposed a six-year ban on Bishnoi, following Bishnoi's criticism of the organization.[14] Bishnoi has become an advocate and vocal proponent of changes he has proposed for regulations governed by the (Indian) National and International wrestling federations.[15][16][17][5]
References
- ^ a b "Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi profile – 2017". dangal2016.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Dangal wrestling trainer teaching to children". News18.com. 3 May 2017.
- ^ "'Dangal' Coach Kripa Shankar Bishnoi Becomes International match Referee". News18. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Interview with wrestler Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi – the man who has been training Aamir in wrestling". patrika.com. 2016.
- ^ a b "Kripa Shankar for change in Greco Roman wrestling rules". Punjabi News Express. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Indian Wrestler Kripa Shanker holds". gettyimages.co.uk. 5 June 2003.
- ^ "List of Arjuna Awardees" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "'Dangal coach' becomes international match referee". The Indian Express. 1 March 2017.
- ^ Sinha, Saloni (23 December 2016). "The muscle behind Dangal: Kripa Shankar Bishnoi". The New Indian Expres. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Nine Times 'Sports Heroes' Trained Bollywood Actors for the Big Screen". mid-day.com. 6 January 2017.
- ^ Cain, Rob (19 June 2017). "How An Indian Drama Became The World's Highest-Grossing Sports Movie of 2017". Forbes.
- ^ "MP: Arjun awardee wrestler trains Aamir Khan for Dangal". Hindustan Times. 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Claims that Aamir Khan used steroids are nonsense: Dangal wrestling coach Kripa Shankar Bishnoi". The Indian Express. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Hussein, Sabi (14 September 2017). "Coach equates WFI with a mule, faces ban". The Tribune. New Delhi. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Kripa Shankar for change in Greco Roman wrestling rules". 11 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Chacko, Saji (27 May 2017). "Coach Kripa has valid suggestions". Sunday Guardian Live.
- ^ "Former India wrestler Kripa Shankar Bishnoi suggests key changes to world body". Zee News. 24 May 2017.