Antim Panghal is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the U-20 wrestling world championship in 2022. |
In 2018, she won the 49kg U-15 national wrestling championship in Patna and a bronze medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship in Japan. |
In 2020, she won a gold medal at the Junior Asian Championship and a silver medal at the U-23 Asian Championship. |
Antim won a bronze medal in the 53 kg class at the 2021 World Cadets Championship in Budapest, Hungary. |
She achieved her first gold medal in the senior category in July 2022. |
In August 2022, she became the first Indian to win the U-20 World Wrestling Championships. |
Later that year, she won a gold medal in the 53 kg event at the Asian U20 Championship. |
Antim also won a gold medal at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Jordan and a silver at the Asian U23 Championship in Kyrgyzstan. |
She secured a silver medal at the 19th Asian Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan in April 2023. |
At the Asian Games in 2022, she attained a bronze medal. |
In her UWW Championships debut in Belgrade, she won a bronze medal. |
Antim gets her name from the English word “last” or “final.” |
She became interested in wrestling after watching a match with her sister at Mahavir Stadium in Hisar, Haryana. |
Initially hesitant, her father later supported her wrestling aspirations. |
Due to WFI suspension, she competed as a neutral athlete in the 2023 World Wrestling Championships. |
Despite not being initially selected, Antim won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. |
UWW named her the women’s Rising Star of the Year 2023 in December 2023. |