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| Residence | Gujranwala, PAK |
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| Ambitions | To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (geosuper.tv, 12 Aug 2022) |
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| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began wrestling at age 12. |
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| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English, Punjabi, Urdu |
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| Other information | OTHER ROLES In 2022 he was elected as head of the Pakistani Olympic Association [POA] Athletes' Commission. (tribune.com.pk, 24 Sep 2022) |
| Famous relatives | His cousin Muhammad Bilal has represented Pakistan in freestyle wrestling, winning bronze in the 57kg category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (khilari.com.pk, 26 Apr 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jun 2018; thenews.com.pk, 24 Jun 2018) |
| Injuries | He suffered a knee injury during his semifinal bout at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Despite the injury, he went on to contest the final and claimed the silver medal. The injury forced him to withdraw from the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, which was held in August 2022. (geosuper.tv, 12 Aug 2022; Birmingham 2022, 04 Aug 2022) A right knee injury sustained during training ruled him out of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (tribune.com.pk, 29 Jul 2018) |
| Other sports | He competed in the 84kg Greco-Roman wrestling category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Sep 2022) |
| Awards and honours | In August 2022 he received the Pride of Performance award from the Pakistan Olympic Association [POA] for his contribution to sport at international level. He also received the award in 2019. (Twitter profile, 29 Aug 2022; khilari.com.pk, 28 Mar 2019) He and cricketer Bismah Maroof were flag bearers for Pakistan during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. (a-sports.tv, 27 Jul 2022) |
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| Name of coach | Ghulam Fareed [national] |