Paramjeet Samota
Paramjeet Samota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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_Boxing_Heavy_Weight_91Kg_Event_Samota_Paramjeet_of_India_won_the_Gold_Medal,_at_Talkatora_Indoor_Stadium,_in_New_Delhi_on_October_on_October_13,_2010.jpg) XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 July 1988 Dinod village,[1] Bhiwani district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.
Early life
[edit]Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani.[1]
Career
[edit]Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.[2][3] In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3.[4][5] He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sharma, Nitin (12 October 2010). "Family search for tickets as Paramjeet makes final". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Unnikrishnan, G. (13 October 2010). "Pugilists sign off on a high". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2010". BBC Sport. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
Paramjeet Samota added a third gold medal for India in the super-heavyweight category, comfortably defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1.
- ^ "Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title". Deccan Herald. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
Earlier, the day started perfectly for the Indians when Samota eked out a hard-fought 7-3 triumph over New Zealand's Joseph Parker
- ^ "India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship". The Times of India. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ^ "Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad". The Times of India. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
External links
[edit]- Paramjeet Samota at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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