Sanjay Singh (WFI) Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sanjay Singh

• Sanjay Kumar Singh is an Indian sports activities administrator. He is an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).  He gained the election to grow to be the Wrestling Federation of India’s president in December 2023.

• In 2008, Sanjay Singh grew to become the district president of the Varanasi Wrestling Association. He was elected vp of the Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Association in 2009. He afterwards held a place on the manager council of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). He was named Joint Secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India’s Executive Committee in 2019. On 21 December 2023, Sanjay Singh grew to become the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). In the WFI election, he defeated gold medallist Anita Sheoran with a vote share of 40–7. Following his win within the WFI election, Sanjay Singh, in an interview mentioned,
  

  The election was in our arms from the primary day itself. Voting occurred and no matter was imagined to occur, occurred. The fact prevailed. We had religion due to the quantity of labor we’ve finished for wrestlers. Pehelwaan jaante hain yahi se hello unka bhala hone wala hai. (The wrestlers know that solely we will deal with their wants.) They know that the whole lot was shut for the final 11 months. Wrestlers weren’t capable of compete (underneath the Indian flag), the whole lot was shut and all of the wrestlers had grow to be forlorn. Those circumstances have been sufficient to inform us that victory was ours.”

• Sanjay Singh comes from a family of farmers. Every 12 months throughout Maha Shivaratri, he and his family would organise a mud wrestling competitors of their city, referred to as mitti ki kushti.

• Sanjay shares a really tight bond with the Bhartiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Singh Sharan. Brij Bhushan Singh was the WFI president earlier than Sanjay Singh. On 15 June 2023, Bhushan was accused of harassing feminine wrestlers sexually, however he denied the entire costs. In an interview, whereas speaking about his relationship with Brij Bhushan, he mentioned,
  

  We have the connection of an elder and youthful brother. We know one another from the time when each of our households would organise kushti in Kashi and Ayodhya.”

• A report claims that Singh has been instrumental in enhancing the social standing of feminine wrestlers from Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal area.