Rajender Kumar

{{Short description|Indian wrestler (born 1985)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Rajender Kumar

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|10|25}}

| birth_place = Haryana

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Wrestling, Greco-Roman

| height =

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{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}

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

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Bishkek|55 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 New Delhi|55 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2010 Delhi | 55 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Championship}}

{{MedalGold| 2017 Brakpan| 55 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 2011 Melbourne| 55 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 2009 Jalandhar | 55 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2013 Johannesburg| 55 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|South Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Islamabad | 60 kg}}

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Rajender Kumar (born 1985) is an Indian wrestler. He beat Pakistan's Azhar Hussain in the Commonwealth Games Delhi.{{cite news|title = Rajender Kumar parades his class|date = 2010-10-07|url = http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/07/stories/2010100754332300.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101008055703/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/07/stories/2010100754332300.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2010-10-08|work = The Hindu|accessdate = 2010-10-10}}

Career

Kumar started playing wrestling at the school level in Gurukul, Kurukshetra from 1995.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Kumar won a gold medal by beating Pakistan's Azhar Hussain by 11-0 in the final of the 55 kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition final on 6 October 2010.{{cite news|title = Rajender Kumar leads Indian wrestlers' medal rush|publisher = DNA|date = 2010-10-07|url = http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_rajender-kumar-leads-indian-wrestlers-medal-rush_1448724|accessdate = 2010-10-10}}

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