In 2010, during the Commonwealth Games, Geeta Phogat won India’s first ever gold medal in Women’s Wrestling in the 55 kg Freestyle.
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2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Geeta Phogat scripted history, becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a Gold Medal.
She was appointed as the DSP of Haryana Police in October in 2016.
Geeta Phogat became the first Indian female wrestler to qualify for the olympics when she achieved the same in the 2012 London edition.
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Geeta is married to Delhi-based wrestler Pawan Kumar. He is also a bronze medal winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 86 kg weight class.
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She took all the limelight after the release of Dangal. The movie revolved around how a man trained his daughters to excel in a male-dominated sport like wrestling he broke all societal beliefs.