Somvir Rathee Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Wrestler, Travelling Ticket Examiner
Known For	Being the husband of the Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Weight (approx.)	65 Kg (143 lbs)
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 40 Inches - Waist: 32 Inches - Biceps: 14 Inches
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	16 November 1990 (Friday)
Age (as of 2023)	33 Years
Birthplace	Gadwali Kheda Village, Jind, Haryana
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Jind, Haryana
School	Pratap Singh Memo. Sr. Sec. School, Sampla Road, Kharkhoda, Distt. Sonipat, Haryana
Religion	Hinduism
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Vinesh Phogat (wrestler)
Marriage Date	13 December 2018
Marriage Place	Balali Village, Charkhi Dadri District, Haryana
Family
Wife/Spouse	Vinesh Phogat
Parents	Father- Rajpal Rathee Mother- Saroj Rathee
Siblings	Brother- Ashish Rathee
Other Relative(s)	Sister-in-Law- Geeta Phogat, Babita Kumari (wrestlers, Vinesh Phogat's sisters)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Somvir Rathee

• Somvir Rathee grew up in a village in Haryana.

• At a very young age, he started his training in wrestling.
  

  Somvir Rathee’s coach

• While he was studying in school, he participated in various inter-school wrestling competitions.

• He has won many medals in inter-state wrestling championships.
  

  Somvir Rathee on winning a medal in wrestling championship

• He has also represented India in various wrestling competitions.

• On 20 July 2016, Somvir was appointed as Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) in Rajasthan Railways.

• While working there, he met the Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat. Initially, they became friends and soon fell in love with each other.

• In 2018, after winning a gold medal in the Asian Games in Jakarta, while Vinesh was at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi; returning from Jakarta, Somvir proposed to her for marriage and exchanged rings in the parking lot of the airport.
  

  Somvir Rathee after getting engaged at an airport

• In the same year, they got married. They took one extra phera on their wedding. In the eighth phera, Somvir and Vignesh took the oath that they would always support ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhaao, Beti Khelao.’

• On 18 January 2023, Vinesh Phogat along with other Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik held a sit-in protest against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. They protested against the then WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for sexually harassing many girls. Somvir also protested along with other wrestlers.