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Nishan Randhawa

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Nishan Randhawa
Personal information
Full nameSBW
Born (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 26)
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country Canada
SportWrestling
Weight class97 kg
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago 97 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 97 kg

Nishan Randhawa (born 5 December 1997)[1] is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in men's 97 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[2]

Career

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He participated in the 2022 Commonwealth Games[3] in the wrestling competition, being awarded the gold medal in the men's freestyle 97 kg event.[4][5]

He competed in the 97 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[citation needed]

In 2024, Randhawa competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] He was eliminated in his first match.[6] Randhawa also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[7]

Personal life

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Randhawa is of Punjabi sikh descent.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Nishan Randhawa". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  2. ^ "2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Abbotsford's Nishan Randhawa named to Canadian wrestling team for Commonwealth Games". AbbyNews. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results - Sport - Wrestling". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Di Stasio, Randhawa golden on day two of wrestling as all Canadian wrestlers earn medals". Wrestling.ca. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Punjabi flavour in Canada, England's wrestling teams". The New Indian Express.
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