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- Geeta Phogat is an Indian freestyle wrestler.
- She is born on 15th December 1988.
- Her full name is Geeta Kumari Phogat.
- In 2010, she won India’s very first gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games.
- Phogat also is the first ever Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the Olympic Summer Games.
- The blockbuster movie Dangal is based on Geeta Phogat’s life.
- Like in the movie, her father, Mahavir Singh Phogat, trained her and her sister.
- With her true achievements and her portrayal in the movie, she became a huge inspiration for women.
- She continues to be a pride of the nation.
- She once said, “It’s about hard work and not gender.”
