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Ajay Thakur

Personal information
Full name	Ajay Thakur
Nickname(s)	Ice Man, King of Kabaddi
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Born	(1987-05-01) 1 May 1987 (age 39) Dabhota, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Government Post Graduation College, Nalagarh
Occupation(s)	DSP, Kabaddi Player
Years active	2007-present
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Spouse	Sandeep Rana
Police career
Allegiance	India
Department	Police Department
Branch	Himachal Pradesh Police[1]
Service years	2017-present
Rank	DSP
Awards	Padma Shri Arjuna Award
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Kabaddi
Position	Raider
Kabaddi	Pro Kabaddi League
Club	Bengaluru Bulls (2014-2015) Puneri Paltan (2016-2017) Tamil Thalaivas (2017-2020) Dabang Delhi (2021-2022)
Team	India national kabaddi team, Himachal Pradesh
Coached by	Baskaran Kasinathan, Balwan Singh
Medal record Representing  India Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta Team 2016 Kabaddi World Cup 2016 Ahmadabad Team Asian Kabaddi Championship 2017 Gorgan Team 2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters 2018 Dubai Team Asian Indoor Games 2007 Incheon Team Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2013 Incheon Team

Ajay Thakur (born 1 May 1987) is an Indian former professional Kabaddi player and the former captain of the Indian National Kabaddi Team. He currently serves as the coach of Puneri Paltan in the Pro Kabbadi League.He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He was part of the national teams which won 2016 Kabaddi World Cup and gold medal at 2014 Asian Games. He was awarded the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award in 2019.

He is a member of Himachal Pradesh Police Service cadre where he currently serves as a Deputy superintendent of police.

Early life

Thakur was born in Dabhota village of Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh to Rajinder Kaur and Chottu Ram.^[2] He was inspired by his cousin Rakesh who had already represented India in Kabaddi at international level. He married Sandeep Rana on April 10, 2019.^[2]

Career

Ajay Thakur has been described as one of the best Indian raiders.^[3] He represented his employer Air India at the Industrial National Championships.^[4] He also captained the India team in 2017 and led them to gold. He led the Himachal men's team at the 67th Senior Nationals Kabaddi Championship 2020.^[5]

He is a member of Himachal Pradesh Police Service cadre where he currently serves as a deputy superintendent of police.^[6]

Achievements

His awards and achievements include:

• Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Kabaddi - Gold Medal [2013]
• Gold Medal at Kabaddi at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
• 2014 Asian Games - Gold Medal.
• Asian Kabaddi Championship 2017(Gorgan, Iran) - Gold Medal.
• World Cup 2016 (Ahmedabad, India) - Gold medal
• Asian Games 2018 (Jakarta, Indonesia)- Bronze Medal
• Padma Shri award (2019)
• Arjuna Award (2019)

References