Alka Tomar
Appearance
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sisoli village, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 has also received Yash Bharti award.
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. She has completed her Graduation (B.P.E.) and Post-Graduation (M.P.E.) from Noida College of Physical Education,Dadri.
References
- ^ "2003 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - London, Ontario, Canada ARTICLES & RESULTS". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Indian grapplers sweep gold in Commonwealth Championship". Zee News. 2 July 2005. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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- ^ "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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External links
Categories:
- Indian female sport wrestlers
- Living people
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Wrestlers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Indian sport wrestler stubs
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
- Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh
- 21st-century Indian women
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games