Pinki Rani
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| Full name | Pinki Rani jangra | |||||||||||||||
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 India | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1990 | |||||||||||||||
| Residence | Hisar, Haryana, India | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing (48kg, 51kg) | |||||||||||||||
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Pinki Rani (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian woman boxer from Haryana. She won bronze medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] Pinki won Gold Medal at President's Cup International Boxing, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia 2015.[3] [4] She is National Games and Championship Gold Medalist in Fly weight (51kg) category in 2011, 2012 and 2014 respectively.
She is an eminent boxer who enthuse to honour India at International level in boxing sport. Her major target is to qualify and win medal in Rio Olympics 2016.[5] [6]
She was nicknamed "Giant-Killer" after she became first Indian pugilist to defeat Mary Kom in National Championship.[7] [8] [9]
International Achievements
- 22nd President's Cup Open International Tournament, Palembang, Indonesia, Gold in April, 2015[10] [11]
- 8th Women's AIBA World Boxing Championships, Jeju, South Korea, Quarter-finalist in November, 2014
- XX Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland, Bronze in July, 2014
- 3rd Nations Cup, Serbia, Silver in Jan, 2014
- 6th Asian Women Championship, Mongolia, Silver in March, 2012[12]
- Arafura Games, Darwin, Australia Gold (Best Boxer) in May, 2011[13]
- India-Sri Lanka Duel Boxing Championship, Sri Lanka, Gold in Oct, 2010
National Achievements
- All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championships, Bilaspur, Gold in Feb, 2015
- 1st Monnet Women Elite National Boxing Championship, Raipur, Gold in 2014
- All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championships, Agra, Gold in March 2014
- 13th Senior Women's National Boxing Championships, Guwahati, gold in Nov, 2012
References
- ↑ "CWG 2014, Day 9, Live Blog: Pinki Rani gets bronze in women's flyweight boxing". Zee News. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Pinki Rani biography". CWG official website. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing".
- ↑ "India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries".
- ↑ "I want to win a medal at 2016 Rio Olympics, says Pinki Jangra".
- ↑ "Pinki confident for Rio Olympics, 2016".
- ↑ "Pinky Jangra shocks Mary Kom".
- ↑ "I have beaten Mary Kom and that gave me confidence, says Pinki Jangra".
- ↑ "Pinki Jangra punches out Olympian Mary".
- ↑ "Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing".
- ↑ "India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries".
- ↑ "Pinki Jangra proudly display their silver medals won in the Asian women's boxing championship".
- ↑ "Pinki strikes gold, named ‘Best Boxer’ in Arafura Games".
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