Pinki Jangra

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Pinki Jangra
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Jangra in CWG 2014
Personal information
Full namePinki Rani Jangra
NationalityIndian
Born (1990-04-28) 28 April 1990 (age 35)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing (48kg, 51kg)
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Scotland (51kg)
International Medals
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 New Delhi48−51 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Indonesia48−51 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 48−51 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 Mongolia45−48 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Australia 48−51 kg
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara 51 kg

Pinki Rani Jangra (born 28 April 1990) is a flyweight Indian boxer from Hisar, Haryana and a four time national champion. She won bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [1] [2] She won 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 (51kgs) division. [6] [7] She was the only Indian pugilist who bagged the gold medal at the Arafura Games. [8] She signed up with Sporty Boxing Private Limited, which is referred to as the commercial arm of the Indian Boxing Council (IBC), the licensing body for professional boxers in India. [9]

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Jangra is known as Giant Killer due to her achievements in domestic competitions. She has defeated London Olympic Games bronze medalist and six-time world champion Mary Kom in National Boxing Championship 2009 and CWG 2014 qualification trial, as well as five-time Asian champion and world champion Laishram Sarita Devi in National Games and National Boxing Championship 2011. [10] [11] [12]

Jangra represented India in Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 51kgs weight category. [13] However, she lost to England's Lisa Whiteside in her quarterfinal bout. [14]

Personal life

Jangra was born on 28 April 1990 in Hisar, Haryana. She is the daughter of a homemaker Prem Devi and a government official Krishan Kumar. She studied till 12th grade and reminisces her hobbies as dancing, playing and boxing. She married Dipankar Dhariwal, an IIM graduate in March 2023 in Chandigarh. She was initially coached by Raj Singh and later switched to Anoop Kumar. [15]

International achievements

YearMedalWeightCompetitionLocation
2019Gold51 2019 South Asian Games [16] Kathmandu/Pokhara
2018Gold51India Open Boxing Tournament [17] New Delhi
2015Gold5122nd President's Cup Open International Tournament [18] Palembang, Indonesia
2014Quarter-Finalist51 8th Women's AIBA World Boxing Championships [19] South Korea
2014Bronze51 XX Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland
2014Silver513rd Nations Cup [20] Serbia
2012Silver48 6th Asian Women Boxing Championship [21] [22] Mongolia
2011Gold(Best Boxer)51 Arafura Games [23] [24] Darwin, Australia
2010Gold(Best Boxer)48India-Sri Lanka Duel Boxing Championship Sri Lanka

National achievements

Records

References

  1. "CWG 2014, Day 9, Live Blog: Pinki Rani gets bronze in women's flyweight boxing". Zee News. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. "Pinki Rani biography". CWG official website. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. "Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing".
  4. "India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries". 28 April 2015.
  5. "National Games: Haryana men and women dominate in boxing". Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. "I want to win a medal at 2016 Rio Olympics, says Pinki Jangra".
  7. "Pinki confident for Rio Olympics, 2016". 30 July 2014.
  8. "'Best Boxer' award for Pinki Jangra in Arafura Games". Jagran Post. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  9. "CWG medallist Pinki Jangra turns professional". The Hindu. PTI. 3 January 2017. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  10. "Pinky Jangra shocks Mary Kom". The Hindu. 5 October 2009.
  11. "I have beaten Mary Kom and that gave me confidence, says Pinki Jangra". 30 July 2014.
  12. "Pinki Jangra punches out Olympian Mary". 24 May 2014.
  13. "Indian Women Boxers Optimistic of Winning Medals at CWG 2018". 16 March 2018.
  14. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Boxer Vikas Krishnan assures medal; Gaurav Solanki, Manish Kaushik move to semi-final - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details". www.indiaboxing.in. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  16. "Boxing".
  17. "Pinki Jangra enters final of India Open 2018". February 2018.
  18. "Pinki strike gold for India at President's Cup".
  19. "AIBA WOMEN'S WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS JEJU 2014". International Boxing Association. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  20. "Pinki wins silver medal for India at 3rd Nations Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  21. "Pinki wins silver medal at Asian Women Boxing Championship". The Hindu. 27 March 2012.
  22. "Pinki in semi-finals of Asian Women Boxing Championship". The Times of India. 21 March 2012.
  23. "Pinki strikes gold at the Arafura Games". The Times of India. 13 May 2011.
  24. "Pinki Gold at Arafura Games".