Kartar Singh (born 7 October 1953) is an Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the

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in 1978 and

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. He stood 7th at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg Wrestling.

Life

Kartar Singh was born in Sur Singh village of the present-day Tarn Taran district in Punjab. He won gold medals in the

1978 Asian Games The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...

held in Bangkok and the

1986 Asian Games The 1986 Asian Games ( ko, 1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임, Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad ( ko, 제10 ...

held in Seoul. He won a silver medal in the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...

held in Delhi. He won a bronze medal in the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apar ...

in Edmonton and a silver medal in the

1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ...

in Brisbane. Later he moved his residence to Jalandhar, where he worked as Superintendent of Police and as Director Sports of Punjab. Presently he is a master world champion in wrestling and retired as an Inspector General of Police in Punjab in the year 2013.

Awards and honors

In 1982 he received the

Arjuna award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

and in 1987 he received the Padma Shri. Many times he won the Gold Medals in the Veterans World Championships held in Columbia in 1992, Toronto in 1993, Martiony (Switzerland) in 1997 and Bodex (France) in 1998.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Kartar 1953 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for India Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Recipients of the Arjuna Award Sportspeople from Jalandhar Olympic wrestlers for India Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Tarn Taran Sahib Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Wrestlers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1978 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1982 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1986 Asian Games Indian male sport wrestlers Asian Games silver medalists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games