The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has announced the Indian squad for the Under 23 World Championships 2019 starting in Budapest, Hungary from 28th October. As declared earlier by WFI, the performance at the recently held Tata Motors U23 National Championships at Shirdi has been considered in selection of the squad. All the selected wrestlers, apart from Viky in 92kg Freestyle category won the Gold Medal at the U23 National Championships in Shirdi.
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India could muster only 1 medal at the last U23 World Championships in Bucharest, Romania in 2018. Ravi Dhaiya was the lone medal winner for India at the last world championship, but this time WFI is expecting better performance from the selected 30 member squad.
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WFI has also declared that preparatory camp for the U23 World Championship will start from Monday for both girls and boys in Lucknow & Sonepat respectively. The Indian squad will depart for Budapest on 26th Oct.
The entire action from the UWW U23 World Championships 2019 will be streamed LIVE AND EXCLUSIVE on WrestlingTV.in
Team Camp:
Sonipat (Boys) OCT 12 – 24, 2019
Lucknow(Girls) OCT 12 – 24, 2019
List of Indian Under-23 Wrestling Team selected for participation in the 2019 Under-23 Senior World Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Women Wrestling Championship to be held at Budapest [Hungary] from 28th October to 3rd November 2019:
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FreeStyle
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Greco Roman Style
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Women Wrestling
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57 Kg.
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Naveen
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55 Kg.
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Arjun
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50 Kg.
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Jyoti
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61 Kg.
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Ravinder
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60 Kg.
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Sachin Rana
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53 Kg.
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Pooja Gahlot
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65 Kg.
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Sharvan
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63 Kg.
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Rajeet
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55 Kg.
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Rani Rana
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70 Kg.
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Naveen
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67 Kg.
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Ravinder
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57 Kg.
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Pinki
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74 Kg.
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Gaurav Baliyan
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72 Kg.
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Rahul
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59 Kg.
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Pooja Yadav
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79 Kg.
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Vir Dev Gulia
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77 Kg.
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Sajan
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62 Kg.
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Reshma Anil Mane
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86 Kg.
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Sanjeet
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82 Kg.
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Neeraj
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65 Kg.
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Nisha
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92 Kg.
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Viky
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87 Kg.
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Sunil Kumar
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68 Kg.
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Suman
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97 Kg.
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Akash Antil
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97 Kg.
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Ravi
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72 Kg.
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Naina
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125 Kg.
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Aryan Pratap
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130 Kg.
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Deepak Poonia
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76 Kg.
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Pooja
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Coaches
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Jagmander Singh
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Coaches
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Hargobind Singh
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Coaches
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Kuldeep Singh
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Sujeet Maan
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Shashi Bhushan Prasad
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Pradeep Kumar Sharma
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Suresh Kumar
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Vikram Sharma
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Manisha Samal
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Referee
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Jagbir Singh
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Referee
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Virender Singh Malik
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Referee
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Dinesh Dhondiba Gund
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Physio
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Brajesh Kumar
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Physio
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Vishal Kumar Rai
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Physio
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Dhirendra Pratap Singh
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Acupressure-Therapist
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Rajvir Singh
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Masseur
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Jagroshni
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