Alka Tomar

Alka Tomar

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	Sisoli village, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle wrestling
Medal record Competitor for  India Women's Freestyle Wrestling World Wrestling Championships 2006 Guangzhou 59 kg Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 59 kg Asian Games 2006 Doha 55 Kg Asian Wrestling Championships 2003 New Delhi 59 kg 2005 Wuhan 59 kg 2009 Pattaya 59 kg 2010 New Delhi 59 kg Commonwealth Wrestling Championship 2003 London[1] 55 kg 2005 Cape Town[2] 59 kg 2009 Jalander[3] 59 kg 2011 Melbourne[4] 59 kg

Alka Tomar is an Indian wrestler.^[5] The national National Women Wrestling champion of India, she received the bronze medal in Wrestling (55 kg Freestyle) at the Doha Asian Games in 2006. Alka Tomar also received a bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006.^[6]

She is also a recipient of the 2007 Arjuna Award given for outstanding achievements in sports.

She also won a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi where she competed against Tonya Verbeek of Canada.^[7]

She was born and brought-up in a village of Sisoli in Meerut.

References

1. "2003 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - London, Ontario, Canada ARTICLES & RESULTS". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 10 September 2015.
2. "2005 - Commonwealth Wrestling Championships - Information & RESULTS". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 10 September 2015.
3. "2009 Commonwealth Championships - INFO and RESULTS". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 10 September 2015.
4. "RESULTS - 2011 Championships". Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association (CAWA). Retrieved 10 September 2015.
5. "Alka Tomar clinches gold". The Hindu. December 7, 2008. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
6. "Now I am a celebrity in my village: wrestler Alka Tomar". The Indian Express. February 24, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
7. "Alka, Anita deliver gold in women's wrestling". NDTV. Press Trust of India. October 8, 2010. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

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