SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 48

SSC CGL - 12 April 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q48

Who among the following female wrestlers won the Ukraine Wrestling Tournament in February 2021?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Vinesh Phogat.

Other Information-

  • Female wrestler Vinesh Pogat won the Ukraine wrestling tournament in February 2021.
  • She became the first Indian female wrestler to win two medals at the World Wrestling Championships by defeating Emma Joanna Malmgren of Sweden in the 53kg bronze medal bout.
  • Vinesh also won a bronze medal in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) in the 2019 season.
  • World Wrestling Championship 2022 was held in Belgrade, Serbia in which 30 Indian wrestlers took part. The competition was held from 10 September to 18 September.
  • Apart from Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya, three-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat was also present where Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat gave India a medal.