Sushil Kumar is a retired Indian freestyle wrestler born May 26, 1983, and a two-time Olympic medalist. He won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, India's first wrestling medal since 1952, and silver at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals since the country's independence. He is the only Indian ever to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships, taking the title in 2010, and he also won Commonwealth Games gold medals in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
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Career HighlightTwo-time Olympic medallist: bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012 1 Classification
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How many Olympics did Sushil Kumar compete in and at what weight did he become world champion?
Three Olympics; world champion at 66 kg in 2010.
Olympedia states that Sushil Kumar competed at three Olympics, winning a silver medal at London 2012 and bronze at Beijing 2008. It also records that he was world champion at 66 kg in 2010.
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He is a two-time Olympic medallist who won a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, India's first wrestling medal since K. D. Jadhav in 1952, and a silver at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Sushil Kumar (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian freestyle wrestler.
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He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first person to win two Olympic medals for independent India.
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