Mukesh Khatri

{{short description|Italian Greco-Roman wrestler}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

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| fullname = Mukesh Khatri

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| nationality = {{IND}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|10|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Madhya Pradesh, India

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| weight = {{convert|55|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| style = Greco-Roman

| club = Sonkar Wrestling Club

| coach = R.P. Thakran

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Wuhan|55 kg}}

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Mukesh Khatri (born October 8, 1982 in Madhya Pradesh) is a retired amateur Indian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Mukesh Khatri|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/mukesh-khatri-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/mukesh-khatri-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 July 2014}} He represented his nation India at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and then scored a bronze medal in the 55-kg division at the 2005 Asian Wrestling Championships in Wuhan, China.{{cite news|title=Superb show by Indian wrestlers |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/31/stories/2005053101041900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519111023/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/31/stories/2005053101041900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2006|date=31 May 2005|work=The Hindu |accessdate=8 July 2014}} Khatri also served as a member of and trained for Sonkar Wrestling Club in Delhi, under his coach and mentor R.P. Thakran.

Khatri qualified for the Indian squad, as a lone Greco-Roman wrestler, in the men's 55 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he placed fourth and received a berth on the Indian team from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Olympic Games preview at 55 kg/121 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10286|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=13 July 2004|accessdate=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607004122/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10286|archive-date=7 June 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Shenkar|first=Shashank|title=Grapplers ready for Olympic glory|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/524760.cms|publisher=Times of India|date=27 February 2004|accessdate=7 July 2014}} He lost two straight matches each by a 3–0 identical margin to eventual silver medalist Geidar Mamedaliyev of Russia, and reigning world champion Dariusz Jabłoński of Poland, leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing penultimate out of 22 wrestlers in the final standings.{{cite web|title=Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 55kg|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532756.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=23 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Wrestler Mukesh Khatri goes down tamely|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm3/wrestler-mukesh-khatri-goes-down-tamely/article1-21655.aspx|publisher=The Hindustan Times|date=24 August 2004|accessdate=7 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714191942/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm3/wrestler-mukesh-khatri-goes-down-tamely/article1-21655.aspx|archivedate=14 July 2014}}

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