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, he won his country's first medal, a

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Background

Azhar Hussain belongs to Tehsil and District

and is a resident of village near Modka.

Career

Pakistan Army

He joined Pakistan Army in year 2002 and was recruited in Baloch Regiment. During the initial days of his service, he competed in Unit/ Formation level wrestling competitions and displayed excellent competitive skills of wrestling. Basing on his talent, he was selected to join Army Camp for further training under qualified Junior Commissioned Officer, Coach Subedar Hashim Ali.

Wrestling

2010

Hussain participated in the 55 kg class in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in

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. He won a silver medal in Greco-Roman after he was defeated (11-0) by

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in the final. In the finals of the freestyle event he won the gold, defeating his

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n opponent and securing the country's first title since the 1970 Commonwealth Games in

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, where they won four golds.

2014

Hussain was selected to participate in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in

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B. Masunyane, 4–1.

References

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