Alka Tomar

Alka Tomar
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born Sisoli village, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh
Sport
Country India
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle wrestling
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's Freestyle Wrestling
World Wrestling Championships
2006 Guangzhou 59 kg
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi 59 kg
Asian Games
2006 Doha 55 Kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
2003 New Delhi 59 kg
2005 Wuhan 59 kg
2009 Pattaya 59 kg
2010 New Delhi 59 kg
Commonwealth Wrestling Championship
2003 London[1] 55 kg
2005 Cape Town[2] 59 kg
2009 Jalander[3] 59 kg
2011 Melbourne[4] 59 kg

Alka Tomar is an Indian wrestler.[5] The national National Women Wrestling champion of India, she received the bronze medal in Wrestling (55 kg Freestyle) at the Doha Asian Games in 2006. Alka Tomar also received a bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006.[6]

She is also a recipient of the 2007 Arjuna Award given for outstanding achievements in sports.

She also won a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi where she competed against Tonya Verbeek of Canada.[7]

She was born and brought-up in a village of Sisoli in Meerut.

References

  1. ↑ "2003 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - London, Ontario, Canada ARTICLES & RESULTS". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Indian grapplers sweep gold in Commonwealth Championship". Zee News. 2 July 2005. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Indian women win three gold in Commonwealth Wrestling". Zee News. PTI. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "RESULTS - 2011 Championships". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alka Tomar clinches gold". The Hindu. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Now I am a celebrity in my village: wrestler Alka Tomar". The Indian Express. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Alka, Anita deliver gold in women's wrestling". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

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