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Indian grappler Sushil Kumar celebrates 33rd birthday today

Indian grappler Sushil Kumar celebrates 33rd birthday today

| | 26 May 2016, 12:50 pm
New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS) Two-time Olympic medal winning Indian grappler Sushil Kumar turned 33 on Thursday.

Kumar was born in 1983 in Delhi.

He rose to fame after clinching the Bronze Medal in 2008 Beijing Olympics.
 
Four years later, in the 2012 London Olympics, he improved his rank by finishing second, losing the final to Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu. 

He is also a Commonwealth Game gold medalist.

Kumar was awarded the  Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour in 2009.

He is also a Padma Shri awardee, receiving it in 2011.

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