Chinu Xxx
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1987 Ludhiana, India | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (260 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's 125 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chinu XXX (born 6 June 1987) is a British freestyle wrestler.[1] Usually known as Chinu Singh, he competed for England in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[2]
Commonwealth Games[edit]
Chinu beat Claude Mbianga from Cameroon in the wrestling 125kg men's freestyle "round of sixteen" (actually only four, since there were ten competitors in total, six getting byes) to progress to the quarter-finals where he beat Zaman Anwar from Pakistan. In the semifinals he lost to eventual gold medal winner Canadian Korey Jarvis. He beat Hollis Mkanga from Kenya in the repechage to win one of the two bronze medals for the event.
References[edit]
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (29 July 2014). "Chinu Xxx wins Commonwealth Games bronze". NBC Sports. US. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
External links[edit]
- Chinu Sandhu on Facebook
- Chinu Xxx wins Commonwealth Games bronze; how the wrestler got his name at NBC Sports
- Chinu Xxx at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Chinu at Team GB (archived)
- Chinu Xxx at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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