Amarveer Singh Dhesi (born September 2, 1995), commonly known as Amar Dhesi, is a Canadian

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, competing in the 125 kg weight class.

Career

Junior

In 2014, Dhesi won silver at the 2014 Junior World Championships in

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, Croatia, which was later upgraded to gold, after the winner tested positive for doping. After this tournament, Dhesi suffered three ACL tears in his knee in six years, limiting his ability to compete.

Senior

In December 2019, Dhesi won the Canadian trials, which allowed him to represent Canada at the

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. In March 2020, he finished in the top two at the tournament, which officially qualified him for the

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. Dhesi would also go onto win the

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. In May 2021, Dhesi was officially named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. He competed in the men's 125 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Two months after the Olympics, he competed in the men's 125 kg event at the

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held in Oslo, Norway. At the

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, Dhesi won the gold medal in the 125 kg event. He competed in the 125kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* * * * 1995 births Living people Canadian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Canada Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub