On 15 December,1988, Geeta born in Jat family to Mahavir Phogat and Daya kaur in Balali village of Haryana’s Bhiwani district. Geeta grew up in a family where people give more preference to male child as compared to daughters. For this reason, her mother Daya wanted to have a boy, not a girl, according to the book ‘Akhada’: The Authorised Biography of Mahavir Phogat.
Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler, trained Geeta Phogat for wrestling with his one basic formula ‘train as hard as you can’.He trained her daughter in a strong way and his motto was hardships and failures only made a person stronger and there are no shortcuts when it comes to training. Geeta says that her initial training was very tough and demanding as my father wants both of us, me and my sister Babita would wake up at 3:30 AM and practice in akhada for three hours. Geeta’s sister Babita Phogat is also a wrestler, won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.
Geeta came to headlines when she won India’s first ever gold medal in 55-kg women’s wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi. Geeta’s victory continues at the Asian Wrestling Championship held in 2012 & 2015, where she won two Bronze medals. She also represents India at the 2012 London Olympics, in this she knockout in the first round. But as of now, she was appointed as a deputy superintendent of Police (DSP) in Haryana Police. Geeta is currently participating in second season of the Pro- Wrestling League.
The story of Geeta Phogat is very inspiring; Learn from this efforts and hard work given by the Geeta in her life and motivate yourself. We all have to set a goal in our life and then make a plan to achieve that goal.
The Phogat family has been in the news ever since the news of a biopic being made on them broke. It increased ten-fold after the release of the Bollywood movie 'Dangal'. Where the film revolves around how a man trained his daughters to excel in a male-dominated sport like wrestling, breaking all societal stereotypes, the real story of Geeta Phogat's life and career is far more inspiring.
The Phogat family has been in the news ever since the news of a biopic being made on them broke. It increased ten-fold after the release of the Bollywood movie 'Dangal'. Where the film revolves around how a man trained his daughters to excel in a male-dominated sport like wrestling, breaking all societal stereotypes, the real story of Geeta Phogat's life and career is far more inspiring.
Geeta was born in a Jat family to Mahavir Phogat and Daya Kaur in Balali village of Haryana's Bhiwani district.
Geeta grew up in a conservative family where it was considered that male child brings more glory to the family as compared to daughters. For this very reason, her mother Daya wanted to have a boy and not a girl, according to the book 'Akhada: The Authorised Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat' authored by Saurabh Duggal.
Her training in the initial years was very tough and demanding as her dad would ensure Geeta and her sister Babita would wake them up at 3:30 AM and practice in the akhada for three hours. After which they would go to school, come back and then train again for 2-3 hours in the akhada. Geeta, in a recent interview, said that the akhadaand her father would be the only thing her sister and her saw would see at that time of their lives. .
Geeta grew up in a conservative family where it was considered that male child brings more glory to the family as compared to daughters. For this very reason, her mother Daya wanted to have a boy and not a girl, according to the book 'Akhada: The Authorised Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat' authored by Saurabh Duggal.
Her training in the initial years was very tough and demanding as her dad would ensure Geeta and her sister Babita would wake them up at 3:30 AM and practice in the akhada for three hours. After which they would go to school, come back and then train again for 2-3 hours in the akhada. Geeta, in a recent interview, said that the akhadaand her father would be the only thing her sister and her saw would see at that time of their lives. .
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