Amit Gulia was born to Inderjeet Gulia in Nimana, Jhajjar, Haryana. He has competed and won medals in junior states, including a gold medal in 2011. He idolises his team friend and teammate, Nitin Dhankar. In 2017, there was a camp organised by Anoop Kumar, and he got inspired by his speech and games. Then later, he joined Narwal and the Kabaddi Academy and started his career in Kabaddi with more focus and hard work.