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<p>Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">Use this bot</a>. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs</a>. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 988/2042</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian boxer}}<br /> {{for|the middleweight boxer|Jitender Kumar (middleweight boxer)}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox sportsperson<br /> | name = Jitender Kumar<br /> | image =<br /> | image_size =<br /> | nationality = [[India]]n<br /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|07|18}}<br /> | birth_place = Devsar, [[Bhiwani]], [[Haryana]], India&lt;ref name=&quot;SR&quot;&gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031618/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/jitender-kumar-1.html Jitender Kumar at Sports Reference]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | height = {{convert|171|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}&lt;ref name=&quot;SR&quot;/&gt;<br /> | residence = [[Bhiwani]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/11168/SPORT/The+boys+from+Bhiwani.html|title=The boys from Bhiwani}}&lt;/ref&gt; Haryana, India<br /> | occupation = [[Amateur boxing|Boxer]] [[Flyweight]]<br /> | headercolor = lightsteelblue<br /> | medaltemplates =<br /> {{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br /> {{MedalSport | Men’s [[Boxing]]}}<br /> {{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br /> {{MedalBronze| [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | Flyweight}}<br /> {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br /> {{MedalBronze| [[2007 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|2007 Ulan Bator]] | Flyweight}} <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Jitender Kumar&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 18 July 1988) is an [[India]]n [[flyweight]] [[boxing|boxer]]. He won the bronze medal in the flyweight category at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]]. He represented India at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<br /> <br /> ==Career==<br /> At the 2006 Junior World Championships, he lost to future (2007) seniors world champion [[Sergey Vodopyanov]]. At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he lost his semifinal to eventual winner [[Don Broadhurst]]. At the 2nd Olympic qualifier he beat [[Noman Karim]], lost his semi to [[Mirat Sarsembayev]] but won the all-important third place bout against [[Godfrey Castro]] 13:6 and qualified.<br /> <br /> ===Beijing Olympics===<br /> At the 2008 summer Olympics, Jitender was pitted against [[Turkey]]&#039;s [[Ulas Furkan Memis]] in the round of 32. The referee stopped the contest in the third round of the bout when Jitender led 12-3. In the round of 16, he was up against [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] boxer [[Tulashboy Doniyorov]]. In an ill-tempered bout, Jitender outscored his opponent 13-6.&lt;ref&gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20080819035549/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BX/C73/BXM051404.shtml#BXM051404&lt;/ref&gt; However, his dream run at Beijing 2008 Olympics came to an end when he lost to [[Georgy Balakshin]] of [[Russia]] (11-15) in a tightly fought quarter finals match held at [[Workers Indoor Arena]] on 20 August 2008. Jitender had 9 stitches in his jaw during the quarterfinal. If blood came out then the referee would stop the match and this put him under tremendous pressure. He was coached by the Indian Boxing Coach [[Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu]].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight]]<br /> * [[Akhil Kumar]]<br /> * [[Vijender Kumar]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080801125152/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=106003 Bio]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080814225619/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/205925.shtml Olympics 2008 Bio]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Jitender (Flyweight)}}<br /> [[Category:1988 births]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male boxers]]<br /> [[Category:Flyweight boxers]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]<br /> [[Category:Olympic boxers of India]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers from Haryana]]<br /> [[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-boxing-bio-stub}}</div>

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