Rajinder Singh Mor (Arjun Awarded) (born 1 August 1954, in Baroda village in Sonepat district) is an Indian former wrestler and retired DIG Haryana Police. Singh won a gold medal 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 ...

. He was the most successful Indian wrestler in the Commonwealth Games with two gold medals, in

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

and

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

. Singh competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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* * 1954 births Living people Indian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for India Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Asian Games gold medalists for India Wrestlers at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1986 Asian Games Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Wrestlers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{India-wrestling-bio-stub