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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Minakshi Hooda<br />
| image = Minakshi Hooda.jpg<br />
| caption = Hooda at the [[2025 World Boxing Championships|2025 World Championships]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|8|2}}<br />
| birth_place = Rurki, [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts]]<br />
| height = 1.63 m<br />
| module = {{Infobox military person<br />
| embed = yes<br />
| branch = [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]]<br />
| serviceyears = 2022—present<br />
| rank = [[Constable]] <br />
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}}<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[amateur boxing]]}}[[File: Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]]<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Boxing Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2025 World Boxing Championships|2025 Liverpool]]|[[2025 World Boxing Championships – Women's 48 kg|48kg]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Boxing Cup|World Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2025 World Boxing Cup|2025 New Delhi]]|[[2025 World Boxing Cup#Finals|48kg]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 World Boxing Cup|2025 Astana]]|[[2025 World Boxing Cup#Stage II|48kg]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|2022 Amman]]|[[2022 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships#Women|52kg]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[BRICS Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2024 BRICS Games|2024 Kazan]]|[[2024 BRICS Games|48kg]]}}<br />
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'''Minakshi Hooda''' (born 2 August 2001) is an Indian [[Boxing|boxer]]. She won a gold medal at the [[2025 World Boxing Championships|2025 World Championships]] and a silver medal at the [[2022 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|2022 Asian Championships]].<ref name="auto2" /><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Minakshi is from the village of Rurki, [[Rohtak]], in the Indian state of [[Haryana]].<ref name="auto3">{{Cite news |author=Patwardhan, Deepti |date=6 December 2022 |title=Boxing: Debutant Minakshi continues to punch her way to the top |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/ideas/boxing-debutant-minakshi-continues-to-punch-her-way-to-the-top-111670267402132.html |newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |via=[[archive.today]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250915011139/https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/ideas/boxing-debutant-minakshi-continues-to-punch-her-way-to-the-top-111670267402132.html |archive-date=2025-09-15}}</ref> She is the youngest of four children born to Srikrishan Hooda, who works as an [[auto rickshaw]] driver.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/boxing/minakshi-hooda-world-boxing-championships-final-profile-auto-driver-father-career-journey-feature-news/article70048169.ece|newspaper=[[Sportstar]]|via=[[archive.today]]|title=From humble beginnings, Minakshi cruises to pinnacle of the boxing world |date=14 September 2025|author=Selvaraj, Jonathan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250915013958/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/boxing/minakshi-hooda-world-boxing-championships-final-profile-auto-driver-father-career-journey-feature-news/article70048169.ece |archive-date=2025-09-15}}</ref> She is the first person from her family to be involved in sports.<ref name="auto2"/> At age 12, she joined a local boxing academy run by Vijay Hooda.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto2"/> Her father was at first opposed to the idea, saying that "I didn't think I could afford the cost of raising a sportsperson. I could barely afford the roof over our heads ... How would I be able to afford a sports person's specialised diet or her equipment?"<ref name="auto2"/> After Vijay Hooda offered to support her, her father allowed her to join the academy.<ref name="auto2"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 2017, Minakshi won a sub-junior championship.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2022/Oct/12/promising-minakshi-attracting-job-offers-with-prowess-inside-the-boxing-ring-2507095.html|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|title=Promising Minakshi attracting job offers with prowess inside the boxing ring|author=Mirza, Firoz|date=12 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012052915/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2022/Oct/12/promising-minakshi-attracting-job-offers-with-prowess-inside-the-boxing-ring-2507095.html|archive-date=2022-10-12}}</ref> She won the title in her event at the Khelo India School Games in 2018 and then was champion of the Youth Nationals in 2019.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/> Two years after her Youth Nationals title, she won silver at the senior national championships in 2021.<ref name="auto2"/> The next year, she was selected to compete at the [[2022 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships]] in [[Amman]], Jordan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/rudkis-boxing-girls-are-all-about-punching-up/articleshow/94892776.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|title=Rudki's boxing girls are all about punching up|date=16 October 2022|author=Singh, Sat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017032259/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/rudkis-boxing-girls-are-all-about-punching-up/articleshow/94892776.cms|archive-date=2022-10-17}}</ref> Participating in the 52&nbsp;kg event (flyweight), she won the silver medal after being defeated by [[Rinka Kinoshita]] of Japan in the finals.<ref name="auto3"/> Due to her achievements at the Asian Championships, she received a position working for the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]].<ref name="auto2"/> She told ''[[Sportstar]]'' that this "took care of a lot of the financial trouble in our family. I even was able to get my father his own auto rickshaw so he didn't have to rent one anymore".<ref name="auto2"/><br />
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Minakshi won national titles in 2023 and 2024 and also won the 2024 Elorda Cup.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/boxing-nationals-minakshi-stuns-world-champion-nitu-ghanghas-9904012/|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|title=Boxing Nationals: After losing CWG, Asiad trials, Minakshi stuns World Champion Nitu Ghanghas|date=24 March 2025|author=Raj, Pritish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407121308/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/boxing-nationals-minakshi-stuns-world-champion-nitu-ghanghas-9904012/|archive-date=2025-04-07}}</ref> By 2025, she dropped from the 52&nbsp;kg weight class to the 48&nbsp;kg weight class.<ref name="auto"/> She won gold at the 2025 national championships after defeating world champion [[Nitu Ghanghas]].<ref name="auto2"/> She also won bronze at the [[2025 World Boxing Cup]].<ref name="auto2"/> Later that year, she competed at the [[2025 World Boxing Championships|World Boxing Championships]] in [[Liverpool]] in the [[2025 World Boxing Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg event]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/boxing/world-boxing-championships-minakshi-hooda-eyes-gold-after-flawless-win/articleshow/123878964.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|title=World Boxing Championships: Minakshi Hooda eyes gold after flawless win|date=14 September 2025|author=Basu, Hindol|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250915025418/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/boxing/world-boxing-championships-minakshi-hooda-eyes-gold-after-flawless-win/articleshow/123878964.cms|archive-date=2025-09-15}}</ref> She reached the finals of her event and defeated Olympic medalist [[Nazym Kyzaibay]] of Kazakhstan to become world champion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/double-delight-jaismine-lamboria-minakshi-hooda-crowned-world-champions-3727419|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|via=[[archive.today]]|title=Double delight: Jaismine Lamboria, Minakshi Hooda crowned world boxing champions|date=14 September 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250915025338/https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/double-delight-jaismine-lamboria-minakshi-hooda-crowned-world-champions-3727419|archive-date=2025-09-15}}</ref> She was the first world champion from her village.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/minakshi-hooda-boxing-world-championships-village-rohtak-coach-vijay-hooda-gender-bias-10248759/|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|via=[[archive.today]]|title=In Minakshi Hooda's village, an academy that churns out stars and a coach who fought gender bias|author=Sharma, Nitin|date=14 September 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250915025353/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/minakshi-hooda-boxing-world-championships-village-rohtak-coach-vijay-hooda-gender-bias-10248759/|archive-date=2025-09-15}}</ref><br />
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