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Narsingh Yadav

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Narsingh Pancham Yadav is an Indian wrestler. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold in the Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling.[1]

Narsingh Yadav is the son of Pancham Yadav and Bhulna Devi from eastern Uttar Pradesh. Narsingh and his brother Vinod both lived with their father Pancham, a milk distributor in Mumbai, while his mother lived in the Neema village in Varanasi district, where she looked after farming in their 2 bigha land. Both the brothers became wrestlers. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Narsingh Yadav was a last-minute replacement,[2] but ended up winning a gold medal.Yadav, 23, has been training under Singh since he was 13. He is a resident of suburban Jogeshwari in Mumbai.Pancham Yadav is a junior ticket checker with the Indian Railways.[3]

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