Pinki Jangra
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| Full name | Pinki Rani Jangra | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||
| 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 Jangra (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian woman boxer from Haryana. She won a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games[1][2] and a gold medal at the President's Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015.[3][4] She won gold medals at the 2011 National Games of India[5] and the 2012 and 2014 national championships in the flyweight (51 kg) division. Her major target is to qualify and win medal in Rio Olympics 2016.[6][7]
She was nicknamed "Giant-Killer" after she became the first Indian boxer to defeat Mary Kom in a National Championship.[8][9][10]
International achievements
- 22nd President's Cup Open International Tournament, Palembang, Indonesia, Gold in April, 2015[3][4]
- 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[11]
- Arafura Games, Darwin, Australia Gold (Best Boxer) in May, 2011[12]
- 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.
- 1 2 "Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing".
- 1 2 "India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries".
- ↑ "National Games: Haryana men and women dominate in boxing". Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ "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 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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