Satish Kumar (boxer)

Satish Kumar Yadav

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 (age 36) Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) (2014)
Weight	Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
Military career
Allegiance	India
Branch	Indian Army
Rank	Subedar Major
Awards	Arjuna Award
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing   India Asian Games 2014 Incheon Super heavyweight Asian Championships 2015 Bangkok Super heavyweight 2019 Bangkok Super heavyweight Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Super heavyweight

Subedar Major Satish Kumar ^[1] (born 4 May 1989) is an Indian amateur boxer and a junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Indian Army. ^[2] He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the super heavyweight category ^[3] and silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Early life

Born to a farmer in Bulandshahr who had four sons, Satish Kumar wanted to join the army like his elder brother did. He did so in 2008 as a Sepoy and moved to Ranikhet, where he was spotted for his height during a boxing camp and was urged to give the sport a try. ^{[7] [8]}

Awards

He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2018. ^[9]

References

1. Kasibhatla, Aishwarya (22 July 2021). "Who is Satish Kumar? Age, Records, Biography, Medals, Earnings, Olympics performance". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
2. "Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar advances into the quarter-finals after beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown". Wion. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
3. "Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing". Indian Express. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
4. "Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth". Olympic Channel. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
5. "Tokyo Olympics : 'आर्मी मैन' बॉक्सर सतीश यादव के परिवार को भी उम्मीद, टोक्यो में जीतेंगे गोल्ड". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
6. "Satish Kumar Tokyo Olympics 2021 - Satish Kumar Wiki, Family, Career Info & Achievements". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
7. "History-maker Satish Kumar at the nation's service". Olympic Channel. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
8. "How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing". Olympic Channel. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
9. "National Sports Awards 2018". The Hindu. 25 September 2018.

External links

• Satish Kumar at AIBA.org (archived)
• Profile at incheon2014.kr