Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian wrestler from Haryana. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 60kg Freestyle wrestling. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. He won Gold Medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. Recently, he has been clubbed into the ‘Icon’ category by Haryana Hammers– one of the six teams playing under the first edition of Pro Wrestling League (PWL), which will be held from 10 December to 27 December in six Indian cities. He was born on 2 November 1982 in Gohana Sonipat district, Haryana. He was interested in wrestling from a very early age and he started wrestling from the age of eight. Dutt was inspired by the exploits of Balraj Pehlwan, a wrestler from his native village, and started training under the wrestling coach Ralph. In 1992, when he was in Class 5, he won a school championship and thereafter his family encouraged and supported his interest in wrestling.

In 1994, Dutt participated in the international school cadet games in Poland and won the gold. In 1996, he shifted to Chhatrasal stadium in Delhi in order to concentrate more on wrestling. Later on, he completed his graduation to satisfy his parents. He qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by winning a gold medal at the 2008 Asian Championships held at Jeju City, South Korea. It was Dutt’s second appearance at the Olympics but he was never in contention for a medal and lost in the quarterfinals of the 60 kg freestyle event. At the 2012 London Olympics, Dutt performed well and won the bronze medal at the event. It was only the third time in history that an Indian wrester won a medal at the Olympics.