“Aman was 11 years old when his mother left this world. To prevent the son from going into depression, the father put him into wrestling, but after 6 months the father also died.” While telling this, Suman, aunt of Aman Sehrawat who won the Olympic bronze medal in wrestling for India,
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Immediately she says with full confidence, “Aman’s father’s dream was that someone in the house should do wrestling and win a medal for India. Aman had said that he will definitely fulfill his father’s dream.” Now at the age of 21, he brought glory to the country by winning the Olympic medal. Aman won bronze medal in 57 kg category.
Aman Sehrawat won the medal by defeating Darlin Tui Cruz of Puerto Rico 13-5.
photo of gold medal in the room
Aman considers Ravi Dahiya as his inspiration. Aman also qualified for the Olympics by defeating Dahiya. Dahiya had won the silver medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics. Taking inspiration from Dahiya, Aman hung the photo of the gold medal in his room. He has written in his room, ‘If it were easy, everyone would do it.’
Aman has written in his room, if it was easy then everyone would have done it.
Now Aman has achieved a feat which no Indian wrestler could do in this Olympics. Aman won the country its first wrestling medal in the Paris Olympics. Aman won the medal by defeating Darlin Tui Cruz of Puerto Rico 13-5. Aman made it to the semi-finals by winning the first two matches, but had to play the bronze medal match after losing to the Japanese wrestler. Japanese wrestler won the gold medal.
Bhaskar reporter reached Aman’s house located in Bhidhod village, about 32 kilometers from Jhajjar. read aGround report from Man Sehrawat’s house….
Mother suffered a heart attack, father died due to illness.
After losing their parents, Aman and his sister moved to their aunt’s house. Aunty raised both of them like her own children. Sehrawat’s aunt Suman says, ‘Aman’s mother Kamlesh was my younger sister. He had a heart attack. Due to the grief of Kamlesh’s departure, Aman’s father also started falling ill and after 6 months he handed over Aman and his sister to us and went away.
To avoid being sad after mother’s departure, father sent him to Chhatrasal Stadium
Aman was interested in sports since childhood. He used to practice running and wrestling in the akhara with his aunt’s son Deepak. Deepak says, “Uncle wanted someone in the house to do wrestling and win medals for the country. Before Aman, he had sent uncle and uncle’s son to do wrestling, but both of them could not survive.”
The coach kept in the room next to him
Aman lives in Chhatrasal Stadium. Coach Lalit’s room is also next door. Lalit says, “I kept him in the room next to mine, so that he could be taken care of. He says that we rarely let him talk at home. We have also told the family members to come here less and Talk, so that he misses home and parents less and can focus on sports.”
Lalit says that after winning the medal in the Asian Games, he was given a staff room. It also has a kitchen, so that if he wants to cook something separately, he can do it.
Aman Sehrawat won the Olympic medal at the age of 21. With this he became India’s youngest wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
Important things…
- Put posters in the room, so that the focus remains on the goal: Aman has kept Olympic medals and posters of his qualifying for the Olympics in his room. He did this so that he does not deviate from the goal and focus only on Olympic gold.
- Whenever he goes to the village, he bows his head in the temple built by his father: Whenever Aman goes to the village. Used to bow his head in the temple built by his father. His aunt tells that whenever there is any competition, he definitely comes home and bows his head in the temple. This temple was built by his father.
- The family has kept the medals safely in the cupboard: The family has kept all Aman’s medals safely in the cupboard of the house. His aunt Suman shows the medal and says, ‘This is Aman’s hard work. He has won many medals. Right now it is kept safely in the cupboard.
