Jitender Kumar (Flyweight)

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Medal record
Competitor for  India
Men’s Boxing
Commonwealth Games
Bronze	2006 Manchester	Flyweight

Jitender Kumar (b. July 18, 1988) is the name of an Indian flyweight boxer. He won the bronze medal in the flyweight category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and qualified for the 2008 Olympics .

He is not to be confused with his namesake, a middleweight of the same name.

[edit] Career

At the 2006 Junior World Championships he lost to future (2007) seniors world champion Sergey Vodopyanov.

At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he lost his semifinal to eventual winner Don Broadhurst.

At the 2nd Olympic qualifier he beat Noman Karim, lost his semi to Mirat Sarsembayev but won the all-important third place bout against Godfrey Castro 13:6 and qualified.

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