Mahavir Singh Phogat

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mahavir Singh Phogat

• Does Mahavir Singh Phogat smoke?: No

• Does Mahavir Singh Phogat drink alcohol?: No

• Phogat is the former Amateur wrestler and senior Olympics coach of India’s national wrestling team.

• He left his job just to concentrate in training his daughters for the Commonwealth Games, 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.

• In 2012, they also won a bronze each in the World Championships. And the same year, Geeta became the 1st Indian female wrestler to participate in the Olympics.

• He was a taskmaster as if his daughters were not on the ground at 4 AM sharp,  he gave them severe punishments.

• He took them to muddy arena, local wrestling matches and even built a gymnasium with high-tech gym equipment for their training.

• Due to his contribution to Indian wrestling, he was honoured with The Dronacharya Award by Wrestling Federation of India.

• His wife, Shobha Kaur has been the Sarpanch of their village thrice.

• Based on his life, a biopic film Dangal was made by Aamir Khan in 2016 to showcase his path to success.

  

• On 12 August 2019, Mahavir and his daughter Babita joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).