Inam Butt

Muhammad Inam Butt (born 27 February 1989) is a Pakistani freestyle wrestler. Butt is a two time champion at both the Commonwealth Games and the South Asian Games. He is also the secretary of Pakistan Wrestling Federation.

Career 2010 Inam participated in the 84 kg class freestyle at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. He won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling against his Indian opponent, Anuj Kumar on points (3-1).

Inam also competed in men's freestyle 84 kg class in 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. He was eliminated in the second round where he lost 3–0 to Yermek Baiduashov of Kazakhstan and didn’t advance to medal contention.

2014 Inam participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Inam wrestled in the men’s freestyle 86 kg category in the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon. He won his Round of 16 bout 5–0 but lost in the quarterfinals 1–4 and didn’t advance to medal contention.

Inam was selected to participate in the 2014 Asian beach Games in Phuket, Thailand. Then Inam participated in the 90+ kg class Beach style. He won the bronze medal in Beach wrestling against his Serian opponent, on points (3-0).

2016 Inam participated in the 86 kg class freestyle at the 2016 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati, India. He won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling against his Indian opponent, Gopal Yaduv on points (12-4).

Inam also participated in the -90 kg class Beach wrestling|freestyle at the 2016 5th Beach Asian Games in Danang, Vietnam. He won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling against his Iranian opponent, on points (3-0).

Inam also participated in the 86 kg class freestyle at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Singapore. He won the silver medal in freestyle wrestling there.

2017 Inam competed in the freestyle 86 kg category at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Azerbaijan's Sharif Sharifov with a score of 10–1 and didn’t advance to medal contention.

Inam also participated in the 86 kg class freestyle at the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Johannesburg. He won the silver medal in freestyle wrestling there.

Inam also participated in the 86 kg class freestyle at the 2017 World Beach Wrestling Championships and won the gold medal.

2018 Inam bagged the gold medal in the 86 kg category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, by beating his opponent Nigeria's Melvin Bibo by 3-0.

Inam also participated in the 86 kg class freestyle at the 2018 World Beach Wrestling Championships and won the gold medal.

2019 Inam won the gold medal in the 90 kg category at the 2019 South Asian Games held in Nepal. He also won a gold medal in the same event at the 2019 World Beach Games. 2021 Inam Butt missed out on the 2020 Summer Olympics, he attempted to qualify for Tokyo 2020 but lost in the Asian qualifiers, where he won bronze and never made it to the final Olympic tournament.

Inam won the gold medal in the 90 kg category at the Beach wrestling world series freestyle at 2021 in Rome, Italy. Butt secured victory by beating his Ukrainian opponent by 3–0 in the final.

2022 Inam wrestled in the men’s freestyle 86 kg category in the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. He advanced to the final after decent performances in the early rounds but lost the gold medal bout 0–3 to India’s Deepak Punia, earning a silver medal.

Awards

He has received the Pride of Performance award on 23 March 2019.