Sangram Singh
Sangram Singh was born in Rohtak, Haryana, India on July 21st, 1985 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 38, Sangram Singh biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sangram Singh (born 21 July 1985) is an Indian wrestler, actor, motivational speaker, and philanthropist.
He has appeared in a variety of reality television shows, including Survivor India, and was a finalist of season seven of Bigg Boss in 2013 and many others.
He captured the Commonwealth Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in South Africa in July 2015.
The World Wrestling Professionals named him the World's Best Wrestler.
Early life
Sangram comes from the village Madina in Rohtak, Haryana. He was born in a poor household. Sangram was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and was restricted to a wheelchair for the first eight years of his life. Umed Singh, his father, is a retired army soldier. Ramodevi, his mother, is a homemaker. Sangram was a typical student in school.
Personal life
Sangram Singh hails from Rohtak, Haryana. Umed Singh and Ramodevi are his parents. He has a brother and a sister. Sangram, a born in Madina, fight rheumatoid arthritis and rose from the wheelchair to become a wrestler for India. He has also served in Delhi Police for a short time. Payal Rohatgi, a Sangram actress, and actress Payal Rohatgi got engaged on February 27, 2014 at a party in Payal's hometown Ahmedabad. He is also a registered organ donor.
Career
Sangram Singh started his career as a sportsperson with the Delhi Police in 1999. In All India Police Games 2005 he represented Delhi Police at Chawla (New Delhi) and successfully had a bronze medal. He was also awarded the title World's Best Professional Wrestler by World Wrestling Professionals, after a match in South Africa in 2012 for his style, stamina, and nature of wrestling.
In July 2015, Sangram won the Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship after defeating Joe E. Legend in the Last Man Standing fight in Port Elizabeth.
Sangram won the Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship for the second time on 27 March 2016, by defeating South African wrestler Ananzi, keeping the belt in India. The match was played at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In 2019 he bought the rights to make a biopic on the life of wrestler K. D. Jadhav, who won the first Olympic title for India in 1952. He is playing the titular role in the movie.
Sangram has been involved in social service and conducts various motivational talks for corporate companies. He motivates youngsters at schools and colleges by sharing his life journey, thus being a real life motivational coach. He was a motivational speaker for Indian wrestlers who were representing India in the Commonwealth Games. Sangram has also been part of promotion to create awareness about voting in Haryana, his hometown. Singh announced the launch of the Champions Pro Khusti league in December 2015 in Mumbai. Sangram played his first international match in India in Chandigarh on 6 February 2016, the proceeds of which were dedicated to the benefit of cancer patients. Recently, Sangram Singh adopted 16 girls and 7 boys from his hometown Haryana and has sponsored their education. This is along with the adoption of a school in Satara, Maharashtra. Sangram Singh Foundation organised the first wrestling awards to felicitate and honour the forgotten heroes from wrestling who had won individual medals for India over the years on 16 September 2017 in New Delhi.
In 2018 Director Mahesh Bhatt presented his first music video with Sangram Singh. Sangram shared his fitness mantra with actress Raveena Tandon on her television chat show Simply Baatein. Sangram also featured in Hrithik Roshan and Discovery India's television show HRX Heroes depicting stories of real-life heroes. Sangram's journey from the wheelchair to being an international professional wrestler was portrayed in this show. DD Sports telecasted a panel discussion series titled Rio to Tokyo: Vision 2020 to encourage participation of female athletes in various fields of sports. A special show as part of the series was hosted by Sangram Singh at Haryana's MD University Rohtak on 19 December 2016. Sangram has walked the ramp for designers like Sanjana Jon, Nitya Bajaj Birla, Dhruv Vaish in FDCI.
Sangram launched his sportswear range SGXbySangramSingh in Delhi on 17 March 2016 at FDCI. This launch was supported by celebrity designer Rohit Bal, President of FDCI Sunil Sethi and Sangram's fiancée, actress Payal Rohatgi.
Sangram received the Man of Substance award on India Men Show which took place on 18 April 2019, at the Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi. He is also the world peace brand ambassador of Wockhardt Group. He received the title Indian Affairs Indian of the year 2014 in Sports Leadership at the 5th Annual Indian Affairs, founded by Satya Brahma, at India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2014. He gave a motivational talk to the students of IIT Delhi in February 2016 when he was invited to the institution as a guest of honour. Recently, a chapter on Sangram's life journey has been included in Hindi textbooks for children studying in the 7th standard. A scholarship in a university under Sangram Singh has been offered to students who come from modest families. Sangram was also appointed the brand ambassador for Haryana Kabaddi League, that was organised in Haryana in June 2016. Sangram was invited by the AYUSH ministry and the NDMC to Delhi as guest of honour to motivate youngsters on International Yoga Day 2016, by sharing his life story and talking about the benefits of yoga.