Virender Thakran (born 1970) is a former Indian wrestler. He won a bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championship in 1992 at

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. He won a silver medal in

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in 1995 (Senior, 74 kg, Freestyle). He was a Gold Medallist in the South Asian Championship (SAF Games). He is very popular by nickname Dheeraj Pahalwan in the rural tournaments of wrestling.

Born

He was born at village Jharsa near

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

. His father Bharat Singh Thakran was a farmer. His sister Smt. Pritam Rani Siwach was the captain of the Indian women's hockey team. He was fond of wrestling in his early childhood. He had started his practice in Nehru Stadium Gurgaon at the age of 10.

Career

The Haryana state is known as the birthplace of wrestlers in India. There are many wrestlers of Haryana who gave the proud to India in the field of wrestling. His father friend Mr. Hansram Pahalwan gave the suggestion to send him in Guru Hanuman Akhara Delhi because Mr. Hansram was also a pupil of Guru Hanuman in his early age. The Guru Hanuman is the most popular trainer of wrestlers. He had won Bronze medal in World Wrestling Championship in 1992 at

. He had won Silver medal in

in 1995 (Senior, 74 kg, Freestyle). He had secured 7th position in World Wrestling Championship in year 1992 (Junior, 74 kg, Freestyle). He also secured 4th position in

in the year 1993 (Senior, 74 kg, Freestyle).

Vegetarian

He is a vegetarian wrestler. He takes 3 litres of milk and 25 grams almonds per day.

References

External links

Indian grapplers up their performance By Kirti Patil

Tribune News Service

world wrestling database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Virender 1970 births Living people Indian male sport wrestlers People from Gurgaon district Sport wrestlers from Haryana South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists