Babita Phogat Geeta Phogat Father

Her father mahavir singh phogat is a wrestler.

Babita phogat geeta phogat father. Mahavir singh phogat father and coach records achievements won gold medal in the 55 kg freestyle category at the 2010 commonwealth games. Her father mahavir singh phogat was an accomplished wrestler himself who had given his life to the sport. While geeta babita ritu and sangita are daughters of former wrestler and coach mahavir singh phogat priyanka and vinesh were brought up by mahavir after their father who is the brother of mahavir was killed in a. Geeta babita priyanka ritu vinesh and sangita.

The phogat family sisters geeta vinesh priyanka ritu sangita as well as babita s struggle to compete as wrestlers had inspired the hit hindi 2016 film dangal. First indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the olympics. But it is through their social media handles that we get an inside sneak peek into the personal lives of the phogat family. Know their experiences and what they feel about the movie dangal after the special.

The phogat sisters are six sisters from haryana india all of whom are wrestlers in order of their dates of birth they are. Balali village haryana. Babita phogat early life. Watch the uncut interview of real life dangal man mahavir singh phogat with geeta phogat babita phogat hd.

Phogat was born in balali village of charkhi dadri district haryana to a hindu jat family. Babita like her elder sister geeta showed immense potential at a young age and her father decided to train his two daughters. Her sister babita kumari and cousin vinesh phogat are also commonwealth games gold medalists. Wrestlers mahavir singh phogat geeta phogat and babita kumari along with their family during the screening of film dangal in mumbai on dec 22 2016.

All her sisters are wrestlers. Her father mahavir singh phogat a former wrestler himself and a dronacharya award recipient is also her coach. Aamir khan fatima sana shaikh and sanya malhotra starrer dangal gave us a glimpse of the struggles of geeta phogat and babita kumari phogat s lives and how their career was moulded under the supervision of their father mahavir singh phogat. Following the release of the 2016 film dangal which was based on the story of the phogat family pr sondhi the coach of phogat sisters in the 2010 commonwealth games the national sports academy criticised the film and demanded an apology from aamir khan for wrongly portraying the character of the coach in the film.

She has a brother dushyant phogat and three sisters geeta phogat sangita phogat and ritu phogat. Babita kumari phogat belongs to a hindu jat family. In 2016 the phogat sisters geeta and babita were.