 Lamboria in August 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 August 2001 [1] Bhiwani district, Haryana, India [2] | |||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight (60 kg) | |||||||||||
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Jaismine Lamboria (born 30 August 2001) is an Indian boxer who competes in lightweight category, supported by OGQ. She participated in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she won a bronze medal. [3]
Lamboria hails from a family of boxers. Her great grandfather Hawa Singh was a heavyweight boxer and two-time Asian Games gold medalist. Her grandfather Hony.Captain Chander Bhan lamboriya was a wrestler. She was trained by her uncles Sandeep Singh and Parvinder Singh who were also national champions in boxing. [4] [5]
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