With hard work and continuous effort, you can achieve anything.
With hard work and continuous effort, you can achieve anything.
Sultan Singh belongs to Badhiana village in the Dholpur District of Rajasthan.. He did his primary education from there only and for graduation, he went to Rajkiya Mahavidyalaya in Dholpur. He completed his P.G. from MSJ College in Bharatpur, B.P.Ed. from Lucknow University and went through sports coaching from N.I.S. Patiala, in Punjab.
Sultan’s first posting was at Secondary School Seengod Khurd, Jaipur and worked as wrestling teacher for two years in that school. Then, he got transferred to Rajkiya Uchch Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Badarka. He stayed there for twenty-seven years and was associated with all the other sports too but his main sport was wrestling. After that, he joined Nagla Kharagpur School for two years and then served Rajkiya Uchch Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Sheron and finally, he retired from there.
Sultan says that he is unwell since his retirement and is not active now in any sports. He says he has always been the coordinator of wrestling at the District level. He went to the National level at least three times and at the state level, he went regularly till his retirement from the time he got the job. After that, he could not go anywhere for one-and-a-half years.
Sultan was associated with other sports too such as basketball, kabaddi and athletics. He was also the Secretary of the Wrestling Association of Dholpur District for about eight years. At present, he is the Technical Consultant of Wrestling in the district. He explains that if there is any dispute in wrestling and if the referee is not able to decide then it is decided by the Technical Advisor/Consultant and that is final and binding.
Sultan explains the various wrestling techniques and the point system used to judge the bouts. Sultan used to get inspiration from his wrestling guru, who had played in the All India Inter University Tournament three times and Sultan played in that too once under her guidance.
Sultan gives a piece of advice to wrestlers that they must put their heart into their work as the person who tries with heart, definitely gets success. No matter how much time it takes, keep practicing on a regular basis by keeping the rules and restraints. Diet also plays an important role in a wrestler’s life because wrestling needs a lot of strength.
Sultan was associated with wrestling since his student life and had the best health among all the children. He used to put all his efforts and hard work in this sport and was good in studies too.