Who won India’s most recent Olympic medal in freestyle wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympics?
- (a)Ravi Kumar Dahiya
- (b)Bajrang Punia
- (c)Sakshi Malik
- (d)Aman Sehrawat
Answer
Why
Correct — D. Aman Sehrawat won bronze in the men's freestyle 57 kg at Paris 2024, beating Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico in the bronze-medal bout.
He was India's only wrestling medallist at those Games. At 21 years and 24 days he also passed P.V. Sindhu to become India's youngest individual Olympic medallist.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Ravi Kumar Dahiya — Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver in the men's freestyle 57 kg at Tokyo 2020, the same weight class, but not a Paris 2024 medal.
- (b)Bajrang Punia — Bajrang Punia won bronze in the men's freestyle 65 kg at Tokyo 2020. He won no medal at Paris 2024.
- (c)Sakshi Malik — Sakshi Malik won bronze in the women's freestyle 58 kg at Rio 2016, eight years before Paris.
Concept
All four names are Indian freestyle Olympic medallists, so the style does not separate them. The Games does.
Sakshi Malik: bronze, Rio 2016.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya: silver, Tokyo 2020.
Bajrang Punia: bronze, Tokyo 2020.
Aman Sehrawat: bronze, Paris 2024.
Vinesh Phogat reached the women's 50 kg final at Paris 2024 but was disqualified before it after failing the weigh-in, so she has no medal from those Games.
Key facts
- Aman Sehrawat: bronze, men's freestyle 57 kg, Paris 2024, beating Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz.
- At 21 years and 24 days, Aman became India's youngest individual Olympic medallist, passing P.V. Sindhu.
- Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver in the same 57 kg class at Tokyo 2020.
- Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the women's 50 kg final at Paris 2024 after failing the weigh-in.
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Common traps
- Picking Ravi Kumar Dahiya because he won in the same 57 kg class. His medal was a Tokyo 2020 silver.
- Mixing up the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 medallists.
Aman Sehrawat's Paris bronze also appears at 23 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.9 (India's youngest individual Olympic medallist) and at Tier-II Paper-I, 19 Jan 2026, 11:00, GA Q.11 (the 57 kg bronze and the age record).
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