MIRI Piri Wrestling Club of B.C. won three gold medals – the most by South Asian wrestlers – at the Cadet / Juvenile Canadian Championships in Guelph, Ontario, last weekend.
Justin Gill got gold in the juvenile 69 kg category, Navdeep Toor won gold in the cadet 46 kg category and Devin Purewal bagged gold in the Greco-Roman Juvenile 76 kg category.
What is more, Navdeep Toor was also declared “Outstanding Wrestler” in the cadet freestyle competition, making their head coach Sucha Mann very proud.
Nine South Asians of other clubs also bagged gold medals, including two each from Guru Gobind Singh Wrestling Club (that also won two silver medals), Rustom Wrestling Club (that also won three silver medals), and Akhara of Champions Wrestling Club of Ontario; and one each from Abby Wrestling Club, Matmen Wrestling Club of Ontario and Alliance Wrestling Club.
The ONLY South Asian female wrestler to won a medal was Kiran Gill from Matmen wrestling Club – who won a gold medal in Freestyle Juvenile and another gold in Greco-Roman Juvenile in the 40 kg category.
Results for South Asian wrestlers:
JUVENILE MEN
76 Kg
1 Purewal, Devin – Miri Piri
46 Kg
1 Ghuman, Gurpreet – Matmen
69 Kg
1 Gill, Justin – Miri Piri
2 Benning, Amrit – Guru Gobind Singh
76 Kg
3 Purewal, Devin – Miri Piri
85 Kg
1 Randhawa, Nishanpreet – Guru Gobind Singh
100 Kg
2 Sidhu, Jimsher – Khalsa
3 Boal, Jaivir – Akhara of Champions
130 Kg
1 Kahlon, Manheet – Rustom
JUVENILE GIRLS
40 Kg
1 Gill, Kiran – Matmen
CADET BOYS
46 Kg
1 Toor, Navdeep – Miri Piri
54 Kg
1 Dhillon, Navdeep – Abby
63 Kg
1 Kahlon, Tanjot – Alliance
3 Lall, Harvir – Matmen
76 Kg
1 Lally, Sarabnoor – Akhara
2 Kahlon, Manraj – Rustom
3 Gurm, Arshdeep – Guru Gobind Singh
85 Kg
1 Sahota, Arjun – Akhara
100 Kg
1 Bains, Jasonpreet – Rustom
115 Kg
2 Pawandeep, Khinda – Guru Gobind Singh
Outstanding Wrestler: Cadet FS
Navdeep Toor – Miri Piri
JUVENILE GRECO-ROMAN MEN
69 Kg
1 Benning, Amrit – Guru Gobind Singh
76 Kg
1 Purewal, Devin – Miri Piri
85 Kg
2 Atwal, Mansaj – Rustom
130 Kg
2 Kahlon, Manheet – Rustom
JUVENILE GIRLS
40 Kg
1 Gill, Kiran – Matmen
FILA CADET TRIALS – MEN
46 Kg
1 Toor, Navdeep – Miri Piri
54 Kg
3 Dhillon, Navdeep – Abby
76 Kg
1 Gurm, Arshdeep – Guru Gobind Singh
2 Lally, Sarabnoor – Akhara
85 Kg
1 Randhawa, Nishanpreet – Guru Gobind Singh
100 Kg
1 Sidhu, Jimsher – Khalsa
2 Bains, Jasonpreet – Rustom
3 Boal, Jaivir – Akhara
FILA CADET TRIALS – BOYS
50 kg
2 Kullar, Teji – Abby
54 Kg
1 Khela, Jaskarn – Abby
85 Kg
1 Khehira, Ramandeep – Guru Gobind Singh
3 Dhaliwal, Amtoj – Baba Sheik
100 Kg
2 Dhaahan, Gurkamal – Akhara
