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| Birth name | Virender Singh Yadav | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1986 (age 38) Sasroli, Jhajjar, Haryana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | virendersinghwrestler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men's Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Virender Singh Yadav (not to be confused with Virender Sehwag) (born 1 April 1986) is an Indian freestyle wrestler.[1] Competing in the 74 kg weight division, he has won 3 Deaflympics Gold Medals and a bronze medal in 4 appearances. He won gold medals at 2005 Summer Deaflympics (Melbourne, Australia),[2] 2013 Summer Deaflympics (Sofia, Bulgaria)[3] and 2017 Summer Deaflympics (Samsun, Turkey).[4] In addition to that, he also won a bronze at 2009 Summer Deaflympics (Taipei, Chinese Taipei).[5][6]
Virender also won the world title at the world championship and has gold, silver and bronze apiece at the three World Deaf Wrestling Championships that he has been to. Virender won a gold at 2016 World Deaf Wrestling Championship (Tehran, Iran), a silver at 2008 World Deaf Wrestling Championship (Yerevan, Armenia) and a bronze at the 2012 World Deaf Wrestling Championship (Sofia, Bulgaria).[2] This makes it seven medals at the seven international events that Virender has been a part of.
In July 2015, he received the prestigious Arjuna Award – India's sporting honour.[7] Before that, he had received the Rajiv Gandhi State Sports Award, awarded by the Government of Delhi, India.
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- ^ a b Sengupta, Rudraneil (12 August 2013). "Virender Singh | Gold, naturally". www.livemint.com/. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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- ^ "India win three medals in Deaflympics - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Deaflympics: Wrestler Virender Singh wins gold medal". News18. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Virender Singh only medallist for India at Sofia Deaflympics - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "The silent courage of Virender Singh - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 26 August 2017.