Mahavir Singh Phogat Geeta Babita

Mahavir singh phogat with wrestler daughters geeta phogat and babita phogat at the logo launch of up dangal in new delhi pti.

Mahavir singh phogat geeta babita. He is the father and coach of geeta phogat who won india s first gold medal in women s wrestling in the 55 kg freestyle. Both won gold medals in their respective categories in 2014 edition of commonwealth games. Thanks to the phogat family s inspiring story and great performances by its lead cast mahavir singh phogat played by aamir khan geeta phogat played by fatima sana shaikh and babita phogat played by sanya malhotra dangal is a wonderfully riveting film. Mahavir singh phogat trainer and father of phogat sisters is an indian amateur wrestler a senior olympics coach and politician.

Babita phogat dangal geeta phogat mahavir singh phogat phogat sisters vinesh phogat wrestlers wrestling published date. Her sister babita kumari and cousin vinesh phogat are also commonwealth games gold medalists. Her father mahavir singh phogat a former wrestler himself and a dronacharya award recipient is also her coach. The hindi biographical film dangal is loosely based on his life.

And his hard work paid off when his daughter geeta won a gold medal and babita won a silver in the 2010 commonwealth games at delhi. Phogat was awarded the dronacharya award by the government of india in 2016. Check this page to read his biography age wife children caste family much more. Phogat was born in balali village of charkhi dadri district haryana to a hindu jat family.

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. December 21 2016 2 04 pm ist updated date. The superstar invested much time in sports biopic dangal and earned a lot of respect post the film s release. As geeta s grandfather man singh was a wrestler her father mahavir is a wrestler her sisters babita sangeeta and ritu are wrestlers and her brother dushyant is also a wrestler.

The phogat sisters are six sisters from haryana india all of whom are wrestlers in order of their dates of birth they are. Mahavir singh phogat is a veteran indian wrestler from haryana. Geeta babita priyanka ritu vinesh and sangita. 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.