Chhotu Loura

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Women's amateur boxing
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World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 New Delhi Flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Ningbo City Flyweight

Chhotu Loura is an Indian amateur boxer from Haryana. [1]

She represented Indian women's amateur boxing at 50 kg category and won bronze medal in 2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Boxing in his blood, Abhimanyu Loura takes tough road to clinch gold at first senior nationals". The Indian Express. 7 June 2023.
  2. "Chhotu eyes greater heights after Bronze in World Championship". www.oneindia.com.
  3. M. R. Praveen Chandran (9 December 2010). "Meena Rani stops a fighting Loura". The Hindu.