Babita Phogat Birthday: ‘Waking up at 4 in the morning and running, sweating for hours in the arena,’ Babita Phogat did not become a strong wrestler just like that.

Wrestling has traditionally been considered a men’s sport in the country, but the picture of wrestling has changed in the last decade. Along with men, the names of Phogat sisters also figure prominently among the top wrestlers of the country. One name in this is that of Babita Phogat, who has raised the name of the country at the global level with her wrestling.

Babita Phogat was born on 20 November 1989 in Balali, a small village in Bhiwani district of Haryana. Babita’s father Mahavir Singh Phogat himself was a wrestler. Their father has played a major role in Babita and her sisters entering the field of wrestling and achieving success. Mahavir Singh Phogat trained his daughters at a time when girls’ wrestling was very difficult in Haryana, but by breaking the restrictions of the society, he made his daughters proficient in the field of wrestling. Babita Phogat and her sisters Sangeeta Phogat, Geeta Phogat and Vinesh Phogat earned their international recognition through hard work. Vinesh is Babita’s cousin.

Especially if we talk about Babita, she had to develop the habit of hard practice since childhood. Waking up at four in the morning and running, sweating for hours in the mud arena, became a part of Babita’s daily routine. But it is said that the more gold is heated, the more it shines. Babita Phogat’s career also shone like gold and became an inspiration for millions of women wrestlers of the country.

Babita made headlines for the first time at the national and international level by winning a silver medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games at the age of just 17. Babita won silver medal in 51 kg category in 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Babita won the gold medal in the 55 kg freestyle category in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She became the second Indian female wrestler to win gold in wrestling in the Commonwealth. Before him, his elder sister Geeta Phogat had won gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Apart from this, Babita also won bronze medal in 2012 Asian Wrestling Championship, silver medal in 2013 and bronze medal in 2018. She represented the country in the Rio Olympics in 2016, but was eliminated in the first round.

After retiring from wrestling, Babita is active in politics. She is known for her strong views on political and social issues.