Phogat sisters
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The Phogat sisters are six sisters from Haryana, India, all of whom are wrestlers. In order of their birth, they are Geeta, Babita, Priyanka, Ritu, Vinesh, and Sangeeta.[1] While Geeta, Babita, Ritu, and Sangeeta are daughters of former wrestler and coach Mahavir Singh Phogat, Priyanka and Vinesh were brought up by Mahavir after their father, who is the younger brother of Mahavir, died when they were young.[2] Mahavir trained all six of them in wrestling in their home village of Balali in Bhiwani district.[3][4][5]
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Current region | Balali, Charkhi Dadri district, Haryana, India |
Members | Geeta Phogat Babita Kumari Priyanka Phogat Ritu Phogat Vinesh Phogat Sangeeta Phogat |
Connected members | Mahavir Singh Phogat (father) |
Three of the Phogat sisters, Geeta, Babita, and Vinesh, are gold medalists in different weight categories at the Commonwealth Games, while Priyanka has won a silver medal at the Asian Championships. Ritu is a National Championships gold medalist and Sangita has won medals at age-level international championships.[6][7]
The success of the Phogat sisters has attracted substantial media attention, particularly in light of prevalent social issues in Haryana such as gender inequality, female foeticide, and child marriage.[8][9] Chandgi Ram's daughters, Sonika and Deepika, sowed the seeds of encouraging girls to take up women's wrestling in the 1990s; his protege Mahavir Phogat's daughters revolutionised wrestling, and then Sakshi Malik won an Olympic medal, which led to a big change in the mentality towards women wrestling.[10]