A man Sehrawat didn’t merely just add his name to a coveted list of Olympians. The young Indian scripted history with his Bronze medal win, becoming the youngest-ever Indian to win an Olympic medal. Sehrawat finally wrote his name within the stars with a dominant 13-5 win over Puerto Rico’s Damien Toi Cruz in the Men’s 57kg Freestyle event, bringing India their sixth medal of the Paris Olympics. With his incredible win, Sehrawat also overtook yet another iconic Indian Olympian to become the youngest ever medallist for India. The wrestler, aged 21 years and 24 days, pipped over Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu, who won her iconic Silver at Rio 2016 at the age of 21 years, 1 month and 14 days, to become the youngest successdul Indian Olympian. At the time of her bronze medal triumph at Tokyo 2020, which made her the first and only Indian woman to date to win multiple Olympic medals, PV Sindhu had just turned 26. To understand the youngest ever Indians to have brought Olympic glory to India, let’s take a look below: Athlete Age Medal (event) Edition Aman Sehrawat 21 years 0 months 24 days Bronze (Men’s 57kg wrestling) Paris 2024 PV Sindhu 21 years 1 month 14 days Silver (Women’s singles badminton) Rio 2016 Saina Nehwal 22 years 4 months 18 days Bronze (Women’s singles badminton) London 2012 Vijender Singh 22 years 9 months 24 days Bronze (Men’s middleweight boxing) Beijing 2008 Leander Paes 23 years 1 month 17 days Bronze (Men’s singles tennis) Atlanta 1996 Neeraj Chopra 23 years 7 months 14 days Gold (Men’s javelin throw) Tokyo 2020 Ravi Kumar Dahiya 23 years 7 months 24 days Silver (Men’s 57kg wrestling) Tokyo 2020 Lovlina Borgohain 23 years 9 months 28 days Bronze (Women’s welterweight boxing) Tokyo 2020 At the Paris Olympics, Sehrawat ensured himself an easy passage into the quarterfinal with a dominating performance against North Macedonian rival Vladimir Egorov in the 57kg freestyle category at the Paris Olympics. Sehrawat continued his dominant start in the 57kg freestyle category after entering the semifinals of the ongoing Paris Olympics on Thursday. Aman outclassed 4th seed Albanian Zelimkhan Abakarov 12-0 via technical superiority to make it to the last-four round.
