Nitesh Siwach Wiki, Age, Net Worth 2026

Nitesh Siwach is an Indian Greco-Roman wrestler from Haryana who made history at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, winning the men’s 97 kg silver medal. In doing so he became the first Indian to reach a Greco-Roman final at the Asian Games since 1962, ending a 64-year medal drought for India in the style, per The Times of India and Olympics.com. His journey ran through a two-year injury layoff during which he worked as a milk delivery boy for his father — up to 12 hours a day — before asking his family for six months to return to the mat, per NDTV.

Early Life

Siwach was born on 21 October 2002 into a farming family in Jagsi village, Gohana, in Haryana’s Sonipat district, per The Tribune and Wikipedia. His father, Anand Siwach, runs a milk business in Panipat — buying milk from their village and selling it from a shop and door-to-door — and was himself a wrestler who introduced Nitesh to the sport early, per the Indian Express. Nitesh began at a village akhara at five or six, then joined the wrestling academy at Pratap Sports School in Kharkhoda, per The Tribune. There he trained under former national champion Om Prakash Dahiya, who noticed the boy’s strong upper body and advised him to take up Greco-Roman wrestling — where holds below the waist are banned — instead of freestyle, per the Indian Express. One outlet notes Siwach initially arrived at Pratap School intending to play kabaddi before wrestling took over, per Mint.

At 15, a knee injury derailed everything. He underwent knee surgery and needed around two years to recover, quitting wrestling entirely, per The Times of India. During the layoff he stayed home and helped his father deliver milk. “When I was 15, I had a knee operation. I started working as a milkman with my father. I used to sell milk every day,” Siwach said after the Asian Games final, per NDTV. His village was 40 km from Panipat; he would wake at 5 a.m. and return at 5 p.m., working without a single day off for two years, per NDTV. Then he asked his parents for six months to try wrestling again — and the family agreed. He rejoined training at Pratap School, drilling throwdowns with a 100–120 kg dummy and studying footage of Greco-Roman champions such as Iran’s Ghasem Rezaei, per the Indian Express.

Career

Siwach’s comeback began paying off quickly. He won silver at the 2019 Cadet Asian Championships in Nur-Sultan, per Wikipedia, entered the national camp in 2021, and took bronze at the 2022 U23 World Championships in Pontevedra, per the Indian Express and Wikipedia. More medals followed: bronze at the U23 Asian Championships in 2023, silver in 2024, bronze at the senior Asian Championships in Amman in 2025, and an upgrade to silver at the senior Asian Championships in Bishkek in 2026, per the Indian Express. He is employed with the Indian Railways, per The Tribune.

At the Asian Games 2026, Siwach put together the finest run of his career. He opened with a 7-1 quarterfinal win over Turkmenistan’s Amanberdi Agamammedov, then dominated Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbaatar — a Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medallist — 9-0 by technical superiority in the semifinal, per Wikipedia and the Indian Express. That made him the first Indian to enter a Greco-Roman final at the Asian Games since 1962, per Wikipedia. In the title bout he faced Japan’s Yuri Nakazato and lost 4-0, settling for silver, per The Times of India.

The medal carried historic weight beyond one wrestler. Siwach’s silver ended India’s 64-year wait for a Greco-Roman medal at the Asian Games, per The Times of India; Olympics.com reported it as India’s first Greco-Roman medal at the Games since 1962. The last Indian to win Greco-Roman silver had been Maruti Mane, runner-up in the 97 kg category at the 1962 Games — the very same weight class — while Ganpat Andalkar won gold in the 97+ kg division and Malwa Singh took gold at 52 kg that year, per The Times of India and The Tribune.

Personal Life

Siwach keeps his personal life private. His family lives in Sector 6, Panipat, though Nitesh hails from Jagsi village in Gohana, per The Tribune. His father Anand remains his closest supporter — after the Asian Games final, the family celebrated the silver by distributing ladoos, per Dailyhunt. He mostly eats vegetarian food — home-made paneer, butter, milk and churma, a sweet dish he particularly likes — and eats chicken sometimes, per NDTV. Looking ahead, he has said he hopes Greco-Roman wrestling gets included in the Pro Wrestling League, per NDTV. His 2026 Asian Games run places him among India’s breakout wrestling stars of the Games, alongside freestyle gold medallists Sujeet Kalkal and Aman Sehrawat and fellow silver medallist Antim Panghal.

Nitesh Siwach Net Worth 2026

Nitesh Siwach’s net worth has not been publicly disclosed, and no credible published estimate exists. His income sources are those standard for an elite Indian wrestler: SAI and federation stipends, his Indian Railways employment, and central and state government cash awards for the Asian Games silver. Any specific figure attached to his name online should be treated as speculation.

FAQ

Who is Nitesh Siwach?

Nitesh Siwach is a 24-year-old Indian Greco-Roman wrestler from Jagsi village, Haryana, competing in the 97 kg division. He won the silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games — India’s first Greco-Roman medal at the Games in 64 years.

What is Nitesh Siwach’s age?

He was born on 21 October 2002, which makes him 24 as of October 2026; he turned 24 the day before this run’s date.

What medal did Nitesh Siwach win at the Asian Games 2026?

Silver in men’s 97 kg Greco-Roman wrestling. He beat Turkmenistan’s Amanberdi Agamammedov 7-1 in the quarterfinal and Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbaatar 9-0 in the semifinal, before losing 4-0 to Japan’s Yuri Nakazato in the final, per The Times of India.

What is the 64-year Greco-Roman wait Nitesh Siwach ended?

India had not won a Greco-Roman medal at the Asian Games since 1962 — a 64-year gap, per TOI and Olympics.com. The last Indian Greco-Roman silver before Siwach was Maruti Mane’s in the 97 kg class at the 1962 Jakarta Games.

Where is Nitesh Siwach from?

He is from Jagsi village, Gohana, in Haryana’s Sonipat district. His father Anand Siwach runs a milk business, and the family lives in Sector 6, Panipat, per The Tribune.

Who coaches Nitesh Siwach?

He trained at Pratap Sports School, Kharkhoda, under former national champion Om Prakash Dahiya, who advised him to switch from freestyle to Greco-Roman wrestling, per the Indian Express.