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{{Short description|Indian wrestler (born 1982)}}
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| name = Yogeshwar Dutt
| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Yogeshwar Dutt of India won the gold medal in (Men’s) Wrestling 60Kg Freestyle, at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi on October 09, 2010.jpg
| caption = Yogeshwar Dutt after winning the gold medal in (Men's) Wrestling 60Kg Freestyle at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, 2010
| nickname = Yogi, Pahalwan Ji<ref name="ndtvkhabar">{{Cite web |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/sports/all-eyes-and-hopes-on-yogeshwar-dutt-on-last-day-of-rio-olympics-1446520 |title='रियो ओलिंपिक के आखिरी दिन 'पहलवान जी' से है गोल्ड की उम्मीद' |website=NDTVIndia |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
| nationality = [[India]]n
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|11|2}}
| birth_place = Bhainswal Kalan, [[Sonipat district]], [[Haryana]]<ref name="Tribune">{{cite news |last1=Hussain |first1=Sabi |title=Getting a grip |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140717/sports.htm#1 |access-date=10 August 2016 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |date=17 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325065816/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140717/sports.htm#1 |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| height = 168 cm<ref name="Stats">{{cite web |title=Yogeshwar Dutt |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/108111 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref>
| weight = 65 kg<ref name="Stats"/>
| country = India
| sport = Wrestling
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[freestyle wrestling]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
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{{MedalBronze | [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 60 kg|60 kg freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Wrestling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 65 kg|65 kg freestyle]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Wrestling at the 2006 Asian Games|60 kg freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's freestyle 60 kg|60 kg freestyle]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | [[Wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's freestyle 65 kg|65 kg freestyle]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Wrestling Championships|Asian Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 Asian Wrestling Championships|2008 Jeju City]] | 60 kg freestyle }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 Asian Wrestling Championships|2012 Gumi]] | 60 kg freestyle }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Wrestling Championship|Commonwealth Championship]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2003 London | 55 kg freestyle }}
{{MedalGold | 2005 Cape Town | 60 kg freestyle }}
{{MedalGold | 2007 London | 60 kg freestyle }}
{{MedalSilver | 2005 Cape Town | 60 kg Greco-Roman }}
{{MedalSilver | 2007 London | 60 kg Greco-Roman }}
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'''Yogeshwar Dutt''' (born 2 November 1982) is an Indian [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle wrestler]]. At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], he won the bronze medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 60 kg|60&nbsp;kg category]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/flipping-arena-with-a-toss-dutt-gives-india-its-fifth-medal/987222/ |title=Flipping arena with a toss, Dutt gives India its fifth medal |date=12 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Venkat |first1=Rahul |title=India's wrestling medals at the Olympics - From KD Jadhav to Sakshi Malik |url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/india-wrestling-olympic-games-medals-kd-jadhav-sushil-kumar |access-date=6 August 2022 |work=Olympics.com |date=7 August 2021}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx |title=Padma Awards |publisher=pib |date=27 January 2013 |access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> He won gold medals at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010]] and the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]].

==Personal life==
Dutt was born in Bhainswal Kalan village in [[Sonipat district]] of [[Haryana]].<ref name="Tribune"/><ref name="India.com"/> He first started wrestling at the age of eight in his native village and idolised Balraj Pehlwan. He was trained by coach Ramphal.<ref name="India.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.india.com/buzz/yogeshwar-dutt-11-reasons-to-be-proud-of-the-unsung-hero-of-indian-wrestling-108547/ |title=Yogeshwar Dutt: 11 Reasons to be proud of the unsung hero of Indian wrestling! |last=Kumar |first=Sooraj |date=2 August 2014 |website=India.com |language=en |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> Dutt is a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vivek |first1=G. S. |title=Catch up with wrestling champs Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt in a freewheeling chat |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/sushil-kumar-and-yogeshwar-dutt-interview-220560-2013-12-11 |access-date=4 October 2023 |work=India Today |date=13 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== 2006 Asian Games ===
Yogeshwar had lost his father on 3 August 2006 just nine days before he boarded the flight to Doha for the [[Asian Games]].<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Sports/Olympics2012/Chunk-HT-UI-Olympics-Discipline-Wrestling/Father-s-dream-drives-Yogeshwar/SP-Article10-911652.aspx Father's dream drives Yogeshwar] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812043216/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Sports/Olympics2012/Chunk-HT-UI-Olympics-Discipline-Wrestling/Father-s-dream-drives-Yogeshwar/SP-Article10-911652.aspx |date=12 August 2012 }}. Hindustan Times (10 August 2012).</ref> He also sustained a knee injury, but despite all the emotional and physical trauma he managed to win the bronze in the [[Wrestling at the 2006 Asian Games#60 Kilograms|60 kg category]] at the [[2006 Asian Games|15th Asian Games]] at [[Doha]].<ref>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/14/eng20061214_332471.html "Medal winners at the 15th Asian Games on Dec. 13"], ''[[People's Daily]]'', (14 December 2006). Retrieved on 16 August 2008.</ref>

=== 2010 Commonwealth Games ===
At the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Yogeshwar overcame a career-threatening knee injury to win the 60&nbsp;kg title. On his way to the final, Yogeshwar went past Australian [[Farzad Tarash]] (16–0, 17–0), South African Marius Loots (7–1) and England's [[Sasha Madyarchyk]] (4–4, 8–0) before winning the gold.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-players/yogeshwardutt.cms Yogeshwar Dutt Phogat Olympics 2012 Player Profile, News, Medals – Times of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (1 January 1970).</ref>

=== 2012 Summer Olympics ===
On 12 August 2012, Dutt provided a late boost to India's medals tally in the [[2012 London Olympics]] by claiming a bronze in the [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 60 kg|Men's freestyle 60 kg]], becoming only the third Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal after [[Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav|K D Jadhav]] in 1952 and [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] in 2008 and 2012.

He had defeated North Korean [[Ri Jong-Myong]] in the bronze medal bout thus winning the fifth medal for Indian contingent at the London Olympics 2012.

Earlier, Yogeshwar qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning a silver medal at an Asian qualification tournament in [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]] where he lost to Iranian [[Masoud Esmaeilpour]] (2–3, 0–1) in the final.

At the Olympics he lost to the Russian [[Besik Kudukhov|B Kudukhov]] 1–0, 2–0 and was knocked out in the pre-quarterfinal round. He got a chance to contest in the repechage rounds as Kudukhov reached the finals of the event.

In his first repechage round he went on to beat [[Franklin Gómez]] of Puerto Rico with a score of 1–0, 1–0. He got lucky against his opponent, winning the toss on both the occasions to earn a clinch position. Yogeshwar then scored 7–5 to beat [[Masoud Esmaeilpour]] with an aggregate of counted points 3–1 in Repechage Round 2. Esmaeilpour had beaten Yogeshwar at the Asian qualifications earlier that year.

He finally beat his North Korean opponent to clinch the bronze medal (0–1, 1–0, 6–0). He was exceptional in the last round, and clinched it in just 1:02 minutes.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Sports/Olympics2012/Chunk-HT-UI-Olympics-TopStories/Yogeshwar-Dutt-gets-India-bronze-medal--in-wrestling/SP-Article10-912056.aspx Yogeshwar Dutt repe-charges to bronze, gets India 5th medal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812040855/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Sports/Olympics2012/Chunk-HT-UI-Olympics-TopStories/Yogeshwar-Dutt-gets-India-bronze-medal--in-wrestling/SP-Article10-912056.aspx |date=12 August 2012 }}. Hindustan Times (11 August 2012).</ref>

=== 2014 Commonwealth Games ===

Yogeshwar Dutt won the gold medal in the men's 65&nbsp;kg freestyle category by beating Canada's Jevon Balfour 10–0 in the finals.

Yogeshwar had earlier beaten Alex Gladkov of Scotland 4–0 in the pre-quarters and then easily defeated another Scottish wrestler Gareth Jones in the quarterfinals by employing his trademark Fitele (leg twisting) technique that he had used while winning the bronze medal at the [[2012 London Olympics]]. In the semi-finals, Yogeshwar successfully used his favourite technique again to get the better of Sri Lanka's Chamara Perera in just two minutes and three seconds. Yogeshwar won with a 0–5 verdict after taking a 10–0 lead on technical points.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/39373886.cms |title=CWG 2014: Yogeshwar Dutt, Babita Kumari win gold as India's medal tally reaches 44 – The Economic Times |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=31 July 2014}}</ref>

=== 2014 Asian Games ===

Yogeshwar Dutt won the Gold in the 65&nbsp;kg freestyle wrestling category by defeating [[Zalimkhan Yusupov (freestyle wrestler)|Zalimkhan Yusupov]] of [[Tajikistan]] in the final at the [[Asian games 2014]]. Dutt won a closely fought final 1–0. Earlier, he defeated the opponent from China in the semi-final by Fall in another closely fought bout in which Dutt was trailing almost until the end. He defeated Jinhyok Kang of [[North Korea]] in the quarterfinal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230592-asian-games-wrestler-yogeshwar-wins-historic-gold |title=Asian Games: After Historic Gold, Yogeshwar Dutt Dedicates Medal to Father |last=NDTVSports}}</ref>

=== 2015 ===
In 2015, he was clubbed into the ‘Icon’ category by Haryana Hammers<ref>[http://www.haryanahammers.com/team-2/yogeshwar-dutt-bio/ Yogeshwar Dutt Bio Haryana Hammers] . Haryanahammers.com/.</ref> – one of the six teams playing under the first edition of Pro Wrestling League (PWL), which was held from 10 to 27 December in six Indian cities.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/yogeshwar-sushil-highest-bids-at-pro-wrestling-league-auction/article7838399.ece Yogeshwar, Sushil highest bids at Pro Wrestling League auction] The Hindu.com</ref>

==Political career==
Dutt joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in September 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election test for Yogeshwar, Babita and Sandeep as sporting icons join politics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/haryana-assembly-elections-yogeshwar-dutte-babita-phogat-sandeep-singh-1604896-2019-09-30 |access-date=30 September 2019 |work=India Today |date=30 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards, rewards and recognition ==
* [[Khel Ratna Award|Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award]] 2012 given by Government of India<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=86351 |date=19 August 2012 |access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref>

; For the bronze medal at 2012 London Olympic
* {{INRConvert|10|m}} cash reward from the Haryana Government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Haryana-chief-minister-announces-cash-award-of-Rs-1-crore-to-Yogeshwar-Dutt/articleshow/15454063.cms |title=Haryana chief minister announces cash award of Rs 1 crore to Yogeshwar Dutt |newspaper=The Times of India |date=12 August 2012}}</ref>
* 4x4 vehicle from a PSU bank<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/after-bronze-dutt-looks-to-go-all-the-way-at-worlds/988874/0 After bronze, Dutt looks to go all the way at Worlds]. Indian Express (16 August 2012).</ref>

== See also ==
* [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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