Last Updated: March 25, 2023, 20:13 IST
Boxing World Champion Nitu Ghanghas (BFI)
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nitu Ghanghas added a World Championship title to her title
22-year-old Nitu Ghanghas scripted historical past because the Haryana lady gained the gold medal for India on the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in New Delhi on Saturday.
Who is Nitu Ghanghas?
Nitu (48 kg)
Date of Birth: 19-10-2000
Place of Birth: Bhiwani, Haryana
Style: Southpaw
Dynamic and instrumental contained in the ring, the Haryana pugilist marked her arrival by profitable the gold medal on the World Youth Boxing Championships in Guwahati in 2017. She confirmed her prowess on the massive stage as soon as extra by profitable the gold medal on the World Youth Boxing Championships in Budapest in 2018.
Coming from a conservative household, there was little scope that she might enter the world of sports activities. But her father had different plans: he wished her to change into a boxer.
However, Nitu’s father Jai Bhagwan had to go towards the desires of all the household to make that occur; he additionally had to take go away from his workplace (a Chandigarh Vidhan Sabha worker) for 3 lengthy years. It meant that the household went by means of a extreme monetary disaster. That solely prompted Nitu to put her coronary heart and soul into boxing and emerge a winner.
She slowly rose by means of the ranks on the district degree till she caught the attention of famend boxing coach Jagdish Singh, the robust taskmaster who helped Vijender Singh win the Beijing Olympic bronze medal.
Nitu’s abilities and methods had been rapidly honed and he or she went on to characterize the State and gained her first Nationals in 2015. Since then, she has by no means regarded again.
In 2022, she gained the gold medal at Strandja Memorial event earlier than ending within the quarter-finals of World Championships in Turkey in May. She dominated all her bouts and gained the gold medal on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
On Saturday, she gained a gold medal on the 2023 IBA World Boxing Championship in Delhi.
Nitu Ghanghas’ Achievements
2023: Gold at World Championships, Delhi
2022: Gold at Commonwealth Games, Birmingham
2022: Gold at Strandja Memorial event, Bulgaria
2021: Gold at Senior National Championship, Bhopal
2018: Youth Women World Championships, Budapest, Hungary: Gold
2018: Golden Glove of Vojvodina Youth Men & Women Boxing Tournament; Serbia: Gold
2018: Youth Women Nationals; Rohtak: Gold
2018: Asian Youth Championships; Bangkok: Gold
2017: Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships; Guwahati: Gold
2017: Balkan Youth International Boxing Championship; Sofia, Bulgaria: Gold
2016: Youth Women Nationals: Bronze
(With inputs from Agencies)
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