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, bronze medal at the

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, gold medal at the

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, gold medal at the 2016 Asian Beach Games, silver medal at the

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, silver medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship. Butt won a gold medal at the

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Career

2010

Inam participated in the 84 kg class

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at the

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. He won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling against his

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on points (3-1).

2014

Inam was selected to participate in the

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, UK. Inam was selected to participate in the

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in Phuket, Thailand. Then Inam participated in the 90+ kg class Beach style. He won the bronze medal in Beach wrestling against his

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n opponent, on points (3-0).

2016

Inam participated in the 86 kg class

at the 2016 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati, India. He won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling against his

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ian opponent, on points (3-0). Inam also participated in the 86 kg class

at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in

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. He won the silver medal in freestyle wrestling there.

2018

Inam bagged the gold medal in the 86 kg category at the

, Gold Coast by beating his opponent Nigeria's Bibo by 3:0.

2021

Inam Butt missed out on the

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due to the

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. Inam won the gold medal in the 90 kg category at the Beach wrestling world series freestyle at 2021 in

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, Italy. Butt secured victory by beating his Ukrainian opponent by 3–0 in the final.

Awards

He has received

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on 23 March 2019.

References

External links

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