Pakistan's Muhammad Inam Butt on His Journey from Wrestling at Home
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E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, October 20, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “Wrestling is a lifestyle for me” SUNDAY CONVERSATION Inam celebrates his gold medal in Beach Wrestling at Katara Beach during Day Four of the 1st ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019. “Whenever some of us (cousins) gathered in a house, our elders would always ask us to wrestle with each other. We were not allowed to play any another sports but wrestling. I actually inherited wrestling.” By Mudassir Raja gold medal during the ANOC World Beach Games held at Katara Beach in the category of 90 kilogram. He defeated Georgia’s Dato e comes from a family of Marsagishvili 5-2. He also currently reigns traditional wrestlers and has as Rustam-i-Pakistan, the biggest title of made his mark in international traditional wrestling in the country that is competitions for his country. very special for him. Wrestling is a lifestyle for “My grandfather Ghulam Muhammad ‘Hhim because his daily routine completely was a wrestler. My father Muhammad revolves around the sport. Safdar Butt was also a professional wrestler. Muhammad Inam Butt hails from Likewise, the elder brother of my father was Gujranwala, a city in the Punjab province of also a wrestler. They, however, could not Pakistan. The city is rightly called the city make much name for themselves outside of wrestlers as it has produced numerous Pakistan as the competition within’ the wrestlers who won laurels for their country country was very tough in the traditional at diff erent international platforms. wrestling”, said Inam while talking to Thirty-year-old Inam recently won the Community the day after he won the gold Sunday, October 20, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY medal during his visit to Souq Waqif. Wrestling came naturally to the gold medallist. It was mandatory sport played in his family. “Whenever some of us (cousins) gathered in a house, our elders would always ask us to wrestle with each other. We were not allowed to play any another sports but wrestling. I actually inherited wrestling.” The talented athlete started his professional career when he was in 8th grade in the school. “It was in 2002 when my father took me to the wrestling arena for the fi rst time. I started getting proper training. I would get up for morning [fajr] prayer and do my exercise before I left for school. In the evening, I had to undergo training at a proper wrestling arena.” Initially Inam did not have much deep interest in wrestling as he was doing it as part of his family tradition. It was in 2003 that he took part in Pakistan championship under-16 category and won the event. “It was my first professional victory. I received a lot of praise and recognition. The medal really boosted me up. I became the under-16 champion for two times. I remained the three times national champion in under-20 category. This got me into senior category of professional wrestling.” COMPETITORS: Muhammad Inam vs Dato Marsagishvili (Georgia) in Men’s Beach Wrestling 90kg.