Aman Sehrawat, the 21-year old Indian wrestler, won his first Olympic medal for India at Paris Olympics 2024. He lost against Rei Hugichi of Japan in the Semi-Finals with a 0-10 scoreline. In the bronze medal match, he needed to defeat Darian Cruz from Puerto Rico for giving India sixth medal, in a near-miss edition of Olympics.
Indian contingent has come with huge hopes of at least winning 2-3 Gold medals and increase the tally to 10 or more from 7, in previous edition. But with many near misses and 4th place finishes, Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification, Aman Sehrawat raised hopes in 57 kgs freestyle category. He used his best techniques to overpower his opponent.
Aman Sehrawat clinched Bronze medal and dedicated it to his deceased parents. He lost them at the age of 11 and fought with depression to become a Olympic medalist at the age of 21. On top of that, the young wrestler had to lose 4.5 kgs over 10 hours to qualify for his final bout. Indian support staff did not take any chances with Aman’s qualification.
He took every possible step to keep himself fit and weight in check. But his journey has not been an easy one. Aman Sehrawat, after losing his parents, has been brought to the Chhatrasal, an academy that provided India with medal winners. They took him in out of sympathy but he chose to work hard and make a name for himself.
Now, Aman has become a national hero from being a shy young boy who struggled to even find a provider for him to eat two meals daily. With this success, he will flooded with great gifts but the young man wants to continue the fable further. He stated that he dedicates this medal to his parents who didn’t even know wrestling as a sport.
Now, he wants to further give back to the sport which gave him everything. Aman Sehrawat has left a huge inspiration on youngsters looking to make a name for themselves with this huge victory. Life never ends but it always starts giving you opportunities to shine. We can say so after knowing Aman’s inspiring hard journey to glory.
