Kartar Singh

Kartar Singh (born 7 October 1953) is an Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978 and 1986. He stood 7th at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg Wrestling.[1]

For other uses, see Kartar Singh (disambiguation).

Kartar Singh
Personal information
NationalityIndia
Born7 October 1953
Village Sur Singh, Tarn Taran, Punjab
OccupationWrestler
Kartar Singh
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1978 Edmonton, Alberta90 kg
Silver medal – second place1982 Brisbane90 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1978 Bangkok90 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 Delhi90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul100 kg

Life

Kartar Singh was born in Sur Singh village of the present-day Tarn Taran district in Punjab. He won gold medals in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok and the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul. He won a silver medal in the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi. He won a bronze medal in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and a silver medal in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.[2] Later he moved his residence to Jalandhar, where he worked as Superintendent of Police and as Director Sports of Punjab. Presently he is a master world champion in wrestling and retired as an Inspector General of Police in Punjab in the year 2013.[3]

Awards and honors

In 1982 he received the Arjuna award[4] and in 1987 he received the Padma Shri. Many times he won the Gold Medals in the Veterans World Championships held in Columbia in 1992, Toronto in 1993, Martiony (Switzerland) in 1997 and Bodex (France) in 1998.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kartar Singh Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Kartar Singh in Sports Authority of India website
  3. "Kartar Singh - Remembering India's only two-time Asiad gold medallist wrestler". The Bridge - Digital media covering Indian sports. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. "Arjuna Award Winners for Wrestling". Department of Sports, Government of India website. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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