COMMONWEALTH GAMES

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Jul 1970 - 25 Jul, 1970

India: Ranked 6

12 Medals - Gold: 5,Silver: 3, Bronze: 4


Name Medal Sports Discipline
Ved Prakash Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Light Flyweight
Sudesh Kumar Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Flyweight
Udey Chand Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Lightweight
Mukhtiar Singh Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Welterweight
Harishchandra Birajdar Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Middlerweight
Sajjan Singh Silver  Silver Wrestling Men's Heavyweight
Bishwanath Singh Silver  Silver Wrestling Men's Light Heavyweight
Maruti Mane Silver  Silver Wrestling Men's Super Heavyweight
Randhawa Singh Bronze  Bronze Wrestling Men's Featherweight
Alexander Navis Bronze  Bronze Weightlifting Men's Featherweight
Mohinder Singh Gill Bronze  Bronze Athletics Men's Triple jump
Shivaji Bhonsle Bronze  Bronze Boxing Men's Welterweight

he 1970 Edinburgh Games was the sixth appearance for India at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian contingent improved on its medal count winning a total of 12 medals in Edinburgh including its first in Boxing, a Bronze won by Shivaji Bhonsle. Remarkable was the Wrestling unit’s performance at the Games winning 5 Golds, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze.

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