The performance of India in wrestling in the year 2009 has been dominated by the wonderful feat of Sushil Kumar. After winning bronze in Beijing Olympics in 2008, Sushil carried forward his success to 2009 to win gold at German Grand Prix. Besides Sushil, four other wrestlers also won medals at the championship. India also dominated the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Jalandhar, making a clean sweep in the men’s freestyle competition as it won all the seven gold medals. Besides, India also won three silver medals and four bronze medals in the championship.

The Performances

Championship	Name	Medal	Category
German Grand Prix	Sushil Kumar	Gold	66 kg
	Rahul Balasaheb	Gold	55 kg
	Rajiv Tomar	Silver	120 kg
	Ramesh Kumar	Bronze	74 kg
	Ravinder Singh	Bronze	60 kg Greco-Roman
Sardinia Wrestling Tournament
	Anil Kumar	Silver	55 kg
	Hardeep Singh	Silver	60 kg
	Anil Kumar	Silver	96 kg Greco-roman
	Naresh Kumar	Bronze	84 kg
	Joginder Kumar	Bronze	120 kg
Commonwealth Wrestling Championship
	Vinod Kumar	Gold	55 kg
	Anil Kumar	Silver	55 kg
	Rahul Mann	Gold	60 kg
	Rajneesh	Bronze	60 kg
	Narsingh Yadav	Gold	74 kg
	Sumit	Silver	74 kg
	Rambir	Gold	84 kg
	Naresh Kumar	Bronze	84 kg
	Mausam Khatri	Gold	96 kg
	Anil Mann	Bronze	96 kg
	Sushil Kumar	Gold	66 kg
	Dhanker Amit	Bronze	66 kg
	Rajiv Tomar	Gold	120 kg
	Joginder Kumar	Silver	120 kg

Major Players

Sushil Kumar
Rajiv Tomar
Naresh Kumar
Vinod Kumar
Ramesh Kumar
Yogeshwar Dutt

Award Winners

Winner	Award
Yogeshwar Dutt	Arjuna Award
Sushil Kumar	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Satpal Singh	Dronacharya Award