Rahul Balasaheb Aware (born 2 November 1991) is an Indian male

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

who competes in the men's freestyle 57 kg category. He has won Gold medal in 57 kg division at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

.He was a student of Olympian late Harishchandra Birajdar. At present, he is being trained by his guru and father in law Kaka Pawar. Currently he is member of Maharashtra police as a deputy superintendent of police. He is fondly called as "Nana" (Elderly brother) by his friends and family. He was awarded with

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 ...

in 2020 for his contribution to wrestling.

Career

2008 Youth Commonwealth Pune India - Rahul Won the Gold Medal 2009 Junior Asian Wrestling Championship Won the Gold Medal 2009 Junior World Wrestling Championship Silver Medal 2011 Commonwealth Wrestling championship Gold medal 2011 Asian wrestling championship won Bronze medal 2017 Commonwealth wrestling championship Silver medal 2018 21st Commonwealth Games gold medal in the 57 kg freestyle 2019 world ranking series wrestling tournament won Bronze medal 2019 Yasar Dogu World ranking series won Gold medal 2019 Asian wrestling championship won Bronze medal 2019 World wrestling championship won Bronze medal 2020 Asian Wrestling Championship Bronze medal in the 61 kg freestyle 7 Time Gold medalist in National Championships

2011 Asian Wrestling Championship

At the tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Rahul won the bronze medal in the men's freestyle 55 kg category. In the first round, Rahul faced Rasul Kaliev of Kazakhstan and beat him 3:1. In the next round, he lost 1:3 to Yang Kyong-il of North Korea. Being able to qualify for the repechage round, his first repechage opponent was Nasibulla Kurbanov of Uzbekistan and beat him 3:1. He was able to contest for the bronze medal against Firas Al Ali Rifaee from

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and won it 5:0.

2011 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships

At the tournament in Melbourne, Rahul won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 55 kg category, beating out Gilbert Musonza of Canada and Craig McKenna of Scotland.

2016 Olympics

Sports Minister

Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowal ( Assamese: সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল / IPA: xɔɹbanɔndɔ xʊnʊwal; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and ...

announced earlier in April 2015, that 45 athletes will be provided financial support under the 'Target Olympic Podium' programme devised by the Indian Government. The Minister said recent performance, consistency in performance, performance vis-a-vis international standards were among the criteria followed while selecting the athletes. Rahul, along with fellow wrestlers

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(men's freestyle 74 kg),

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(men's freestyle 66 kg), Amit Kumar (men's freestyle 57 kg) get Rs. 7.5 million each, while Bajrang (men's freestyle 66 kg), Babita Kumari (women's 53 kg) and

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(women's 48 kg) will be awarded RS. 4.5 million each.

2018 Commonwealth Games

Rahul won gold medal in

at Gold Coast. In a gripping final bout against Canada's

Steven Takahashi Steven Takahashi (born 8 April 1992) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the men's 57 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. He is the son of Olympic wrestler Ray Takahashi, nephew of Oly ...

, Aware won 15-7 despite struggling with injury in the latter half. This is the first gold for Aware in CWG.

Other titles

* Golden Grand Prix, 2010 – Bronze * Dave Schultz Memorial Tournament, 2012, Silver

References

External links

Rahul Balasaheb Aware – FILA database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aware, Rahul Indian male sport wrestlers 1991 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Sport wrestlers from Maharashtra People from Beed district World Wrestling Championships medalists Recipients of the Arjuna Award Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games