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Indian boxers by state or union territory (19 C) O. Olympic boxers for India (58 P)
[citation needed] He was awarded the Arjuna Award, India's highest sporting award, in 1966. [citation needed]. After retiring, he took up coaching and was the co-founder of the Bhiwani Boxing Club [2] which produced a slew of Indian boxers in the 1990s and 2000s (decade), including Olympic medallist Vijender Singh.
Pages in category "Indian male boxers" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Sagar Ahlawat;
The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award.
In July 2009, Vijender accompanied by Sushil and boxer Mary Kom were garlanded with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award—India's highest sporting honour. It was the first time that three sportspeople were picked for the award; the award selection committee decided to grant the award to all of them, taking into consideration their ...
Master Chief Petty Officer Ngangom Dingko Singh (1 January 1979 – 10 June 2021) [1] was an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. He was from the North-eastern Indian state of Manipur. [2] He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. [3] [4] [5]
Neeraj Goyat was the first Indian professional boxer who went to Venezuela for the Olympic qualifiers before the 2016 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] He won the award of WBC Asia ‘Honorary Boxer of the Year’ 2017.
India's Mary Kom is a six-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. [3] She also became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal at the Asian Games during the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea.