Manoj Kumar (boxer)

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Manoj Kumar
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Manoj Kumar in Common Wealth 2010
Personal information
Full nameManoj Kumar Kaltagdia [1]
Nationality Indian
Citizenship Indian
Born (1986-12-10) 10 December 1986 (age 37) [2]
Rajound, [3] Kaithal, Haryana
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in) [4]
Sport
Sport Amateur boxing
Coached byRajesh Kumar [5]
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi Light welterweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Welterweight
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Ulaanbaatar Light welterweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Amman Light welterweight
Grand Prix Czech Boxing Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 [6] Light welterweight
Doha International Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 [7] Light welterweight
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati [8] Light welterweight
Czech Grand Prix
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 [9] Light welterweight

Manoj Kumar (born 10 December 1986), is an Indian boxer who won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He hails from the village of Rajound in the Kaithal district of Haryana. [10]

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Early life and debut in boxing

Kumar was born on 10 December 1986 in Rajound village, 30 km from Kaithal, Haryana and comes from a Ror family. [11] His father Sher Singh retired from the Indian Army, while his mother is a housewife. Manoj Kumar initially started his career as an athlete, while his elder brother Rajesh Kumar Rajound was an emerging boxer. When Rajesh Kumar Rajound won gold in the University championship he was expecting to be selected for the national team. However he was ignored, and therefore decided to bring his younger brother into boxing. He started to coach Manoj Kumar and also insisted his younger brother Mukesh Kumar change from judo to boxing to become a sparring partner of Manoj Kumar. All three travelled from their village Rajound to Kaithal to train. In the early days they trained with the help of old bicycle tubes. [12]

Manoj Kumar became national Champion for the first time when he beat defending champion Som Bahadur Pun in 2008. [13] [14] After that Manoj never looked back. He won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [15]

Career

Commonwealth Games 2010

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Kumar reached the quarterfinals, losing 18–24 to Tom Stalker, at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Earlier in the competition, Kumar had defeated Valentino Knowles of Bahamas 17–11, Ray Moylette of Ireland 19–7 and Hu Qing of China 17–15. [16] This last victory against Hu Qing had sealed his qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games.

London Olympics 2012

Manoj won the first round against Serdar Hudayberdiyev of Turkmenistan by a score of 13–7 and advanced to the last 16. But he lost his pre-quarterfinal bout against world #1 ranked Tom Stalker of Great Britain. [17] The final score read 20–16, the break-up being 7–4, 9–5, 4–7 in the favor of Stalker. [18] Expressing disapproval at the second round scoring, Manoj cited "blatant cheating" as the reason for his defeat as he exited the competition. [19]

2014 Commonwealth Games

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games he reached the quarterfinals before losing to Sam Maxwell. [20]

2016 South Asian Games

In 2016 South Asian Games held in Guwahati, Manoj Kumar wins gold medal in his weight category.

2018 India Open International Boxing Tournament

In 2018, India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Delhi, Manoj Kumar wins bronze medal in his weight category.

Awards

He was awarded Arjuna Award by Government of India in 2014. Initially he was not considered for Arjuna Award by the selection committee headed by former Indian Cricket Team Captain Kapil Dev. However, his coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound file a case against the selection committee on 26 August 2014 in Delhi High Court. Rajesh claimed that Manoj was the most deserving sports person for the Arjuna Award and that the selection committee ignored him. Delhi High Court accepted his petition and after seeing all the facts directed the government to honor Manoj Kumar with the "Arjuna Award". [21] [22] [23] [24]

He won the bronze at Commonwealth Games 2018

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