Question

Identify the sportsperson who received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 in the wrestling discipline from the following options?

• A. Nishad Kumar
• B. Sharad Kumar
• C. Ravi Kumar
• D. Suhash Yathiraj

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Ravi Kumar

• The sportsperson who received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 in the wrestling discipline from the given options is Ravi Kumar.

• Ravi Kumar Dahiya, who is a wrestler, was indeed one of the recipients of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021.

• He was awarded this highest sporting honour in India in recognition of his outstanding achievements in wrestling,

• which notably include: Silver Medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the 57 kg freestyle category.

• He became only the second Indian wrestler to win an Olympic silver medal.

• Bronze Medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, which also secured him a quota for the Tokyo Olympics.

• Three-time Gold Medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships in 2020, 2021, and 2022, making him the first Indian to achieve this distinction.

• Silver Medal at the 2015 Junior World Wrestling Championships.

• Silver Medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship. Gold Medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in the 57 kg freestyle category.