Divya Kakran

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Divya Kakran
Bharat Kesari 2018
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Divya Kakran at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Native name दिव्या काकरान
Nickname(s) Divya
Nationality Indian
Citizenship India
Born Purbaliyan, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Residence Delhi
Alma mater Noida College of Physical Education
Occupation Sports, currently working in Indian Railways, Delhi
Years active 2008 – present
Employer Indian Railways
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Life partner(s) No
Other interests Wrestling
Sport
Country India
Sport Wrestling
Team Indian Wrestling Federation
Coached by Vikram Kumar Sonkar (Guru Premnath Akhara, Delhi)
Medal record
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Palembang 68 kg
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 68 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty 72 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 New Delhi 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 New Delhi 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Xi'an 68 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Johannesburg 69 kg

Divya Kakran (born 1998) is a freestyle wrestler from India. Divya has won 60 medals, including 17 gold medals in the Delhi State Championship, and has won the Bharat Kesari title eight times.[1] She has been vocal about being disappointed by the lack of support from the government of Delhi in her pursuit for a medal at the Asian Games in 2018, despite writing to the government about her poor financial background.[2] Divya is presently employed with the Indian Railways as senior ticket examiner.

Personal life and family

Divya Kakran hails from Uttar Pradesh and belongs to a middle-class family from Purbaliyan village. Her father Suraj sain, sold Langots for livelihood, which her mother sewed at home.[3][4] Kakran studied Physical Education and Sports Sciences (BPES) at the Noida College of Physical Education in Dadri, India.[1]

Wrestling career

  • 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - Kakran won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Championship held in South Johannesburg, Africa in December 2017.[5]
  • 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships - Kakran won a silver medal in the women's freestyle 69 kg event at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships in India.[6]
  • 2018 Bharat Kesri Dangal 23 March 2018 - Kakran won the Bharat Kesari title, held in Bhiwani, Haryana, India. In the final match of the competition, Kakran defeated Ritu Malik. Before this final match, Kakran defeated the international champion Geeta Phogat, who was famous enough to be portrayed in the movie Dangal.
  • 2018 Asian Games Jakarta Palembang - Kakran won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, beating Taipei's Chen Wenling on account of technical superiority.[7][8]
  • In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she won Bronze in Women's 68 kg freestyle wrestling after losing to Tokyo Olympic silver medallist and 11-time African champion Blessing Oborududu from Nigeria.[9]

Competitions

Representing India
Year Competition Weight Class Medal Venue
2018 Commonwealth Games 68 kg Bronze
2018 Asian Games 68 kg Bronze Jakarta, Palembang
2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship 68 kg Gold Johannesburg, South Africa
2017 Senior National Championship[5][10] 68 kg Gold India
2017 All India University Championship[4] 68 kg Gold India
2017 Asian Wrestling Championship[5][11] 68 kg Silver New Delhi, India

References

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