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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
12 AUG 2022 3:05PM by PIB Delhi
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh interacts with 2022 Commonwealth Games medalists & participants of the Armed Forces in New Delhi;

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh interacted, in New Delhi on August 12, 2022, with the Armed Forces personnel who brought laurels to the country in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is a commendable feat that 15 sportspersons from the three services bagged six Gold, four Silver and five Bronze medals for India, out of the total 31 personnel who participated in the Games held between July 28 - August 08, 2022.

Gold medalists Naib Subedar Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Havildar Achinta Sheuli, Subedar Amit, Subedar Deepak Punia, Ag PO PT Naveen and Ag PO Com (Tel) Eldhose Paul attended the felicitation ceremony along with Silver and Bronze medal winners as well as other participants. Shri Rajnath Singh lauded the contingent for their superlative performance, encouraging them to excel in all future sporting events and bring glory to the nation. Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen BS Raju were present on the occasion.

 

The list of medal winners of the three Services is as follows:

 

S No

Service

Name

Discipline

Performance

1

 

Army

Nb Sub Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Weightlifting

Gold

2

Hav Achinta Sheuli

Weightlifting

Gold

3

Sub Amit

Boxing

Gold

4

Sub Deepak Punia

Wrestling (FS)

Gold

5

Nb Sub Avinash Sable

Athletics

Silver

6

Sub Sandeep

Athletics

Bronze

7

Sub Md Hussamuddin

Boxing

Bronze

8

Rect Hav Deepak

Wrestling (FS)

Bronze

9

Air Force

JWO Vikas Thakur

 

Weightlifting

Silver

10

JWO Gururaja

Bronze

11

SGT A Aboobacker

Triple Jump

Silver

12

Navy

Ag PO PT Naveen

Wrestling

Gold

13

Ag PO Com (Tel) Eldhose Paul

Triple Jump

Gold

14

Com I (Tel) Lovepreet Singh

Weightlifting

Bronze

15

POCOM (Tel) Jugraj Singh

Hockey

Silver

 

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