Aman Sehrawat has opened an account for India in the Wrestling event. The wrestler finally won a medal in Men’s Freestyle 57kg. This was the 6th medal for the nation in the multinational event. The nation has so far won 5 bronze and 1 silver in the major event. With his victory over the Puerto Rican wrestler. Sehrawat became India’s youngest individual Olympic medalist. He won a medal at 21 years, 0 months, and 24 days.
The young wrestler shattered the record of PV Sindhu, who was 21 years 1 month, and 14 days old when she won silver at the Rio Olympics 2016. He dedicated his medal to his parents and the nation, a tribute to the dreams they had for him. But there’s a story behind the parental brought up of the young wrestler.
Aman Sehrawat was an orphan at the age of 11, the young boy was left with a void that only the wrestling mat could fill. Before his father’s demise, Aman’s father enrolled him at the Chhatrasal Stadium in 2013, unknowingly placing his son on the path to Olympic glory. The stadium has produced some of the greatest wrestlers for India over the years. It produced four Olympic medalists Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Bajrang Punia, and Ravi Dahiya.
An inspiring story of Aman Sehrawat
The journey of the wrestler has not been an easy one being under the shadow of the superstar athlete. It is a place where he found not just shelter but purpose and a sense of belonging. In 2022 his career took a change as he started winning medals in the U-20 and U23 Championships in the Asian Games.
He had a huge pressure coming to Paris, as the only Indian male wrestler in the event. After the huge chaos of Vinesh Phogat, and Antim Panghal, the nation was shell-shocked by those incidents. Amidst all these when nobody believed that India would win any medals in wrestling defying all the odds he brought in bronze for the nation.
