Haryanas At International Level


 
 
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Haryana at the International Level

Haryana Achievements In Tournaments

In Haryana more and more women are adopting sports as a career. About 40% of the medals achieved by India in the commonwealth games held recently have been won by the sports persons of Haryana. Moreover, about one-third of these medals have been won by the women athletes of Haryana. Women in Haryana are getting trained in Wrestling, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi etc making India proud by winning the state as well as national level tournaments.

Following are some important achievements in numerous sports played in various tournaments:

London Olympics (From 27th July - 12th August 2012)

  • India has won 6 medals in this competition. Four of these medals won by Haryana's Sushil Kumar (wrestling-silver), Gagan Narang (shooting - bronze), Saina Nehwal (badminton-bronze) and Yogeshwar Dutt (wrestling-bronze).
  • In the meeting of the Cabinet on 6th August, 2013, chaired by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, it was decided that the players who won the Gold medal in the Olympic Games will be appointed to the 'Group A' posts.
  • Common Wealth Games (From 3rd October - 14th October 2010)

    Haryana athletes bagged 6 Silver, 21 Gold and 8 Bronze medals in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Prashant Karmakar who hailed from Haryana won one medal in the Commonwealth Paralympics.

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