Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Antim Panghal Targets Unbreakable Wrestling Records for India
Antim Panghal is a young wrestler from India who wants to make historic records.
She says she wants the records to be so strong that nobody in India breaks them.
She has already won an under-20 world title and two senior World medals.
Her next major goal is to win a senior World Championship title.
Antim says she competes for her family and the people who support her, not only for herself.
She has changed how she wrestles by waiting for better moments instead of attacking all the time.
She is also learning new techniques from a Japanese coach.
She is working hard on training, rest and food so she can keep improving.
Antim Panghal wants to create wrestling records that she believes will not be broken in India.
She is India’s first U-20 world champion and a two-time senior World medallist.
Panghal aims to become the first Indian woman to win a senior World Championship title.
She says her motivation comes mainly from her family, coaches, partners and physiotherapist.
Her preparation now emphasizes tactical patience, reducing mistakes, technical adjustments, recovery and diet.
- Who
- Indian wrestler Antim Panghal.
- What
- She is pursuing senior wrestling titles and records she hopes will remain unbroken in India.
- Where
- India is the country where she wants to establish the records; the interview was conducted for PTI.
- Why
- She says she is motivated by her family, coaches, partners, physiotherapist and supporters, as well as her ambition to win a senior World Championship title.
- Current achievements
- India’s first U-20 world champion and a two-time senior World medallist
- Other major result
- Asian Games bronze medallist
- Primary ambition
- Win a senior World Championship title
- Long-term goal
- Create wrestling records that will not be broken in India
- Wrestling approach
- Wait for the right moments, counter opponents and reduce errors
- Technical change
- A Japanese coach advised her to move sideways rather than attack directly from the front
- Preparation
- She is focusing on training, recovery, rest and diet