SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 23 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 9 of 100

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Who won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming India’s youngest-ever individual Olympic medallist?

(a)Ravi Kumar Dahiya
(b)Bajrang Punia
(c)Aman Sehrawat
(d)Deepak Punia

Answer

Why

Correct — C. Aman Sehrawat won bronze in the men's freestyle 57 kg at Paris 2024, beating Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico 13–5.

Born on 16 July 2003, he was 21 years and 24 days old, which made him the youngest Indian to win an individual Olympic medal → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Ravi Kumar Dahiya — Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver in the men's freestyle 57 kg at Tokyo 2020. He did not win the Paris 2024 bronze.
(b)
Bajrang Punia — Bajrang Punia won bronze in the men's freestyle 65 kg at Tokyo 2020. The question asks about Paris 2024.
(d)
Deepak Punia — Deepak Punia finished fifth in the men's freestyle 86 kg at Tokyo 2020 and has no Olympic medal.

Concept

The record here is for individual medals. Before Paris it belonged to P. V. Sindhu, who won badminton silver at Rio 2016 aged 21. Sehrawat, at 21 years and 24 days, is younger.

The 57 kg class has now given India Olympic medals at two straight Games: Ravi Kumar Dahiya's silver at Tokyo 2020 and Sehrawat's bronze at Paris 2024.

Key facts

Aman Sehrawat: bronze, men's freestyle 57 kg, Paris 2024, aged 21 years and 24 days.
He beat Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico 13–5 in the bronze-medal bout.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya: silver, men's freestyle 57 kg, Tokyo 2020.
Bajrang Punia: bronze, men's freestyle 65 kg, Tokyo 2020.

Study next

India's six medals at Paris 2024 and who won themIndia's Olympic wrestling medals, from K. D. Jadhav in 1952 to Aman SehrawatWeight classes in Olympic freestyle wrestling

Common traps

Choosing Ravi Kumar Dahiya because he wrestles in the same 57 kg class — his medal was a Tokyo 2020 silver.
Missing the word 'individual' — team medals such as hockey's do not count towards this record.

Here the medal is fixed by its age record. The same result is asked at 20 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.6 (India's latest freestyle wrestling medal) and at 19 Jan 2026, 11:00, Tier-II Paper-I GA Q.11, which keys as correct both his win over Darian Cruz and the age record.

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