Divya Kakran is an Indian freestyle wrestler who competes in the women’s freestyle 68kg category. As of 2022, she has won 17 gold medals in wrestling and has also won the title of “Bharat Kesari” eight times.
Wiki/Biography
According to some sources, Divya Kakran aka Divya Sain was born on Thursday, October 8, 1998. However, according to some other sources, she was born on Thursday, July 2, 1998. She was born in Purbaliyan, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh (24 years old; as of 2022). According to source 1, her zodiac sign is Libra and according to source 2, her zodiac sign is Cancer.
Divya Kakran childhood photos with her father
She studied at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Delhi. She studied Physical Education and Exercise Science (BPES). Divya attended Sports Academy, Noida and Chaudhry Charan Singh University, Meerut for higher education.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father Surajvir Sain is a rangote seller. Her mother, Sanyogita Sain, sewed muslin (the dhoti worn by all Indian male wrestlers). She has two brothers, Dev Sain and Deepak Sain.
Divya Kakran with her father and brother
Divya Kachran and her parents
Divya Kachran and her brother
husband
She married fitness model Sachin Pratap on February 25, 2023 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
Divya Kakran and Sachin Pratap Singh wedding photos
other relatives
Her grandfather’s name was Rajinder Singh and her mother’s name was Premwati.
Divya Kachran and her family
fiancé
On January 25, 2022, she became engaged to her Indian fitness model boyfriend Sachin Pratap.
Divya Kakran and her fiancé
religion
Divya Kakran follows Hinduism.
The Making of The Wrestler
Divya’s wrestling career began in the 1990s. In 1990, her father came to Delhi to become a wrestler, which was her father’s dream. After struggling for several months in Delhi, he failed to achieve his goal and returned to his village. He then started selling milk in nearby areas, but the business was not successful. Later, he decided to move to Delhi with his wife and start a ‘langot’ (underwear commonly worn by male wrestlers) business. His wife often sewed rangote, which he sold to wrestlers during wrestling matches.
Old photos of Divya Kakran’s parents sewing Langots
In such wrestling matches, he often takes his son Dev Sain and daughter Divya Kakran along with him. Divya’s father wanted his son to become a wrestler and fulfill his dream of becoming a wrestler. Divya became interested in wrestling from that point on and became accustomed to carefully observing the moves of wrestlers. When she was 8 years old, she started wrestling with her brothers. One of her wrestling matches came into the spotlight in 2010, when she defeated a leading boy. Subsequently, she participated in various wrestling competitions such as Grameen Games, Rajiv Gold Cup, National Games, Asian Championships, World Championships, etc. In 2013, she finished fifth at the World Championships in Serbia. According to media sources, Divya’s opponent punched her inappropriately during the match and was suspended for nearly two years. In 2018, she defeated Indian wrestler Ritu Malik in a wrestling match to win the Bharat Kesari Championship. She also defeated Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat in the same match. In 2019, she started working as a senior ticket collector with Indian Railways.
Divya Kakran serves as senior ticket collector of Indian Railways
Her wrestling coaches are Vikram Kumar Sonkar and Prem Nath.
dispute
In 2018, during a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, she criticized him for being negligent in providing financial aid to her. She had earlier requested financial help from the chief minister.
After she won the bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the Delhi government did not award a cash reward to her representing Uttar Pradesh. According to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj,
She lives in Delhi but only represented the national capital until 2016-17. CM Kejriwal called her in 2018 and we have always respected her but we cannot give her cash reward as she represents UP”
Responding to the Delhi government’s request not to congratulate her, Divya told a press conference:
I have been living in Gorakhpur for the past 22 years. My dad managed to get me wrestling training here. I earned money by competing with boys but the Delhi government did not provide me any kind of help. My family was in trouble due to poor financial situation, so I went to UP. Earlier, I won a lot of medals for Delhi. ”
medal
gold
- 2012: Rajasthan Kesari Competition
- 2017: All India University Championship
- 2017: Senior National Championships
- 2017: Commonwealth Wrestling Championships
- 2020: Asian Championships
- 2021: Asian Championships
Divya Kakran wins gold at Asian Championships
silver
- 2011: Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup
- 2017: Asian Wrestling Championships
- 2020: Asian Championships
bronze
- 2019: Asian Championships
- 2022: Birmingham Commonwealth Games
Divya Kakran wins bronze at Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022
Awards
- 2018: Muzaffarnagar Ratna Samman
- 2019: Rani Lakshmi Bai Award
- 2020: Arjuna Award
Divya Kakran receives Arjuna Award
car collection
- Maruti Suzuki Baleno
Divya Kakran and her Maruti Suzuki Baleno car
- Maruti Celerio VXi
Divya Kakran and her Maruti Suzuki car
Favorites
- Philosopher: Dayananda Saraswati
- Movie: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Facts/Trivia
- Divya’s family and friends fondly call her Shera.
- She was born in a poor family. She revealed in an interview that she once consumed a packet of glucose worth Rs 15 before participating in a wrestling match. She said that once her mother sold her jewelery to bear the Rs 1 lakh expenses of Divya’s preparation for a wrestling competition at the National Games. After winning various wrestling tournaments, she bought back the jewelry. She also talked about her brother. she says,
He left his education, his wrestling career and everything for me. I sometimes attend wrestling camps in Lucknow for two or three months. I stayed at the campground, but my brother stayed with me in a hotel room. “
- According to media reports, Divya practices nearly 2,000 sit-ups every day to strengthen her legs.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education