Amarjit Singh
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1970 Wolverhampton, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | light heavyweight / heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Wolverhampton Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||
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Tutt Amarjit Singh (born 29 August 1970) also spelt Amerjit is a British former male wrestler who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Singh competed in the men's freestyle 130 kg, where he finished in 13th place in the men's super-heavyweight division. [2]
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 100 kg+ super-heavyweight division, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[3][4] Eight years later, he competed in his home Commonwealth Games at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[5]
Singh was a 12-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at light-heavyweight in 1989, heavyweight in 1990 and super-heavyweight from 1991 to 1999 and 2001.[6]
In April 2014, Singh was jailed for 6+1⁄2 years for possessing prohibited firearms and ammunition.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amarjit Singh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ↑ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ↑ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ↑ "Champion wrestler loses appeal against guns and ammo jail term". Birmingham Live.
- ↑ "Wolverhampton man jailed over gun trade investigation". BBC.
External links
[edit]- Amarjit Singh at the International Wrestling Database
- Amarjit Singh at Team GB
- Amarjit Singh at Olympedia
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