Jasmit Phulka
{{Short description|Canadian freestyle wrestler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox amateur wrestler
| name = Jasmit Phulka
| image = Jasmit Phulka.png
| caption = Phulka in 2020
| alt = Jasmit Phulka
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|11}}
| birth_place = Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
| full_name = Jasmit Singh Phulka
| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb st|0|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition| Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Johannesburg|84 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Johannesburg|74 kg}}
{{MedalBronze| 2022 Birmingham | 74 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 2023 Buenos Aires | 79 kg }}
{{MedalSilver| 2024 Acapulco | 79 kg }}
{{MedalBronze| 2019 Buenos Aires | 79 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2025 Monterrey | 79 kg }}
}}
Jasmit Singh Phulka (born October 11, 1993) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. As of July 2023, he is ranked 35 by UWW.{{cite web |title=PHULKA Jasmit Singh profile page |url=https://uww.org/athletes/phulka-jasmit-singh |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=uww.org |language=en}} In 2018, Phulka debuted at the World Wrestling Championships which was held in Budapest.
Early life and career
Phulka was born and raised in Abbotsford, British Columbia.{{cite web |title=Jasmit Phulka |url=https://wrestling.ca/jasmit-phulka/ |access-date=2021-10-20 |website=Wrestling Canada Lutte}} He is the son of Harjit Singh and Supinderjit Kaur Phulka.{{cite web |title=Jasmit Phulka – Chasing Greatness! |url=https://issuu.com/thetimesofcanada/docs/toc-diwali-2019-lr |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=Issuu |date=October 31, 2019 |page=79 |language=en}} His elder brother, Chanmit is also a Pan American Championships wrestler.{{cite web |title=Maple Leaf Nursery - Modern Agriculture Magazine |url=https://modernagriculture.ca/horticulture/maple-leaf-nursery/ |access-date=2021-10-21 |language=en-US}} Phulka began his wrestling career at a young age of 10.{{cite web |title=Meet Wrestling Superstar Jasmit Phulka |url=https://www.darpanmagazine.com/people/spotlights/meet-wrestling-superstar-jasmit-phulka/ |access-date=2021-10-20 |website=www.darpanmagazine.com |language=en}}
Jasmit Phulka's first medal in the seniors' category was in 2013 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship which was held in Johannesburg. He represented Canada in the 84 kg weight class and won bronze.{{cite web |date=2016-03-21 |title=2013 Commonwealth Championships |url=http://commonwealthwrestling.sharepoint.com/Pages/2013CommonwealthChampionships.aspx |access-date=2021-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321120914/http://commonwealthwrestling.sharepoint.com/Pages/2013CommonwealthChampionships.aspx |archive-date=2016-03-21}}
2018 was a pivotal year in his seniors' career as he won three medals. It was a gold, a silver and a bronze in the 2018 Sassari Cup, 2018 Grand Prix of Spain, and 2018 Mongolia Cup respectively.{{cite web |title=2018 Sassari Cup |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2018-05/results_05_sassari_0.pdf?VersionId=1h8pgpKtdqCOoyXI86PBFFwlkrswVRYJ |access-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206090733/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2018-05/results_05_sassari_0.pdf?VersionId=1h8pgpKtdqCOoyXI86PBFFwlkrswVRYJ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=2018 Grand Prix of Spain |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2018-07/results_07_madrid.pdf?VersionId=dWhvcEk8Bc2V87yVPY_F2j6d1FOq1bO1 |access-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021150721/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2018-07/results_07_madrid.pdf?VersionId=dWhvcEk8Bc2V87yVPY_F2j6d1FOq1bO1 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=tristan |title=Mongolia Open |url=https://uww.org/event/mongolia-open-3 |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=United World Wrestling |language=en}} They were all in the 74 kg weight class.{{cite web |date=2018-07-16 |title=Mise à jour olympique: Des doublés, de nombreuse médailles et une nouvelle championne du monde |url=https://olympique.ca/2018/07/16/mise-a-jour-olympique-double-podiums-de-nombreuses-medailles-et-une-nouvelle-championne-du-monde/ |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=Équipe Canada {{!}} Site officiel de l'équipe olympique|language=fr-FR}}
Phulka won the 74-kg title at the Canadian Wrestling Trials that was conducted in December 2019.{{cite web |title=Meet Wrestling Superstar Jasmit Phulka |url=https://www.darpanmagazine.com/people/spotlights/meet-wrestling-superstar-jasmit-phulka/ |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=www.darpanmagazine.com |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Canadian Wrestling Trials Results |url=https://wrestling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Canadian-Wrestling-Trials-Results_v2.pdf }}
In November 2020, [https://cyclonertc.org/ Cyclone Regional Training Center] announced that Phulka will be a part of them as he is training to represent Canada in the 2020 Olympics.{{cite web |date=2020-11-16 |title=Jasmit Phulka Set To Join Cyclone Regional Training Center |url=http://cyclonertc.org/2020/11/16/jasmit-phulka-set-to-join-cyclone-regional-training-center/ |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=Cyclone RTC |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=Canadian wrestler Phulka set to join Cyclone RTC |url=http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/23995 |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=InterMat |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025191356/https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/23995 |url-status=dead }}
Phulka missed out on the chance of qualifying for the 2020 Olympics as he lost to Franklin Gomez 10–7 in the quarter final and was only able to secure the bronze medal in the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament.{{cite web |title=Senior Pan American OG Qualifier |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/senior_pan-american_og_qualifier.pdf }}{{cite web |last=jeandaniel |title=Pan-American Championships |url=https://uww.org/event/pan-american-championships-12 |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=United World Wrestling |language=English}}{{cite web |title=Canada's Amar Dhesi, Jordie Steen clinch Olympic wrestling berths |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/olympic-wrestling-qualifier-men-sunday-1.5498526 }}
He competed in the 74{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}
He won the silver medal in men's 79{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.{{Cite web |title=2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_acapulco.pdf?VersionId=Efb44FH3Pq4shxxDWjI7EpGpxkdEL.Lw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228032955/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_acapulco.pdf?VersionId=Efb44FH3Pq4shxxDWjI7EpGpxkdEL.Lw |archive-date=28 February 2024 |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}
References
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External links
- {{IWD|377C6B75946F4670A8CBF6105C4D3FD9|Jasmit Singh Phulka}}
- {{UWW|phulka-jasmit-singh|Jasmit Singh Phulka}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|45100|Jasmit Singh Phulka}}
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Category:Canadian male sport wrestlers
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in wrestling
Category:Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Canadian people of Punjabi descent
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent
Category:People from Abbotsford, British Columbia