Gupteshwar Misra

Gupteshwar Misra was a wrestler and coach from India. He had a brilliant career in wrestling from 1938-1952.[1] During this time, he won the Bengal State Wrestling Championship in light and feather weight classes.[1] He won the National Wrestling Championship in 1938 and 1940 in lightweight category.[1] After 1952, he devoted all his time to coaching, including training the Indian wrestling team for International Championships.[1]

He became International/Judge referee in 1960.[1] He was an active member of West Bengal Wrestling Federation from 1963.[1] He was also the Joint Secretary of Referee/Judges Association of India.[1] He was the chief wrestling coach of the Indian wrestling team for the 1967 World Wrestling Championships, New Delhi, India.,[1] where Bishamber Singh won the silver medal in the 57 kg weight category.[2]

References
  1. "XVII Freestyle World Wrestling Championship" (PDF). Wrestling Federation of India. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. "FILA Database". FILA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2013.


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