Alka Tomar
Indian wrestler
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Alka Tomar is an Indian wrestler[5] who belongs to village Sisauli (Uttar Pradesh). [6] She became the National Women Wrestling champion of India, and received the bronze medal in Wrestling (59 kg Freestyle) at the Doha Asian Games in 2006.[7] Alka Tomar also received a bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006.[8]
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Sisoli village, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She also won a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi where she competed against Tonya Verbeek of Canada.[9]
Early life
Alka was born to Nain Singh Tomar and Munni Devi in village Sisauli (Uttar Pradesh).[10]