Divya Kakran


Divya Kakran is a freestyle wrestler from India. Divya has won 60 medals, including 17 gold medals in the Delhi State Championship, and has won the Bharat Kesari title eight times. She has been vocal about being disappointed by the lack of support from the government of Delhi in her pursuit for a medal at the Asian Games in 2018, despite writing to the government about her poor financial background. Divya is presently employed with the Indian Railways as senior ticket examiner.

Personal life and family

Divya Kakran hails from North Delhi and belongs to a middle-class family from Purbaliyan village. Her father Suraj Kakran, sold Langots for livelihood, which her mother sewed at home. Kakran studied Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Noida College of Physical Education in Dadri, India.

Wrestling career