Facts: - weight: 74 kg lb 0 on - height: 1.67 0 on - style: freestyle - birth date: 15 december 1978 - fullname: sujeet maan - name: sujeet maan - coach: maha singh rao - club: guru hanuman wrestling club - birth place: new delhi , india Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sujeet maan .
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sujeet maan -lrb- ; born december 15 , 1978 in new delhi -rrb- is a retired amateur indian freestyle wrestler , who competed in the men 's middleweight category .he achieved top six finishes in the 74-kg division at the asian games -lrb- 1998 and 2002 -rrb- , produced a stark tally of four medals -lrb- one silver and three bronze -rrb- at the asian wrestling championships , and also represented his nation india at the 2004 summer olympics .before his sporting career ended in 2006 , maan trained full-time for guru hanuman wrestling club in his native new delhi , under his coach and mentor maha singhrao .maan made his senior sporting debut at the 1998 asian games in bangkok , thailand , where he placed fourth in the men 's welterweight class -lrb- 69 kg -rrb- , losing out to japan 's ryusaburo katsu by a tough 2 -- 3 verdict .determined to return to the sporting scene , maan continued to blossom his wrestling career by collecting three bronze medals in the same class at the asian wrestling championships since 1999 , until he delivered his stellar performance with a silver in 2004 .he also entered the 2002 asian games in busan , south korea as one of the heavy medal favorites in the middleweight category , but left empty-handed with a sixth-place finish .at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , maan qualified for his first indian squad in the men 's 74 kg class .earlier in the process , he clinched the eighth spot at the 2003 world wrestling championships in new york city , new york , and then confirmed his berth on the indian team by placing third from the asian championships in tehran , iran .he lost two straight matches each to japan 's kunihiko obata -lrb- 8 -- 0 -rrb- and cuba 's ivan fundora -lrb- 6 -- 0 -rrb- by an identical margin , leaving him on the bottom of the prelim pool and placing eighteenth in the final standings .