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	[[Subedar-major\|Subedar Major]] '''Satish Kumar ~~Yadav~~''' (born 4 May 1989) is an Indian [[amateur boxing\|amateur boxer]] and a [[junior commissioned officer]] (JCO) of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web\|title= Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar advances into the quarter-finals after beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown\|date=29 June 2021\|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-boxer-satish-kumar-advances-into-the-quarter-finals-after-beating-jamaicas-ricardo-brown-401332/amp\|publisher=Wion\|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> He won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] at Incheon in the [[super heavyweight]] category<ref>{{cite web\|title=Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing\|date=2 October 2014\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-games-2014-satish-kumar-fails-to-advance-settles-for-bronze-in-91-kg-boxing/\|publisher=Indian Express\|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> and silver at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/asian-boxing-olympic-qualifiers-india-lovlina-borgohain-ashish-satish-kumar/ \|title=Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 March 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>		[[Subedar-major\|Subedar Major]] '''Satish Kumar'''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Kasibhatla \|first=Aishwarya \|date=2021-07-22 \|title=Who is Satish Kumar? Age, Records, Biography, Medals, Earnings, Olympics performance. \|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/boxing/who-satish-kumar-age-records-biography \|access-date=2023-04-01 \|website=www.sportskeeda.com \|language=en}}</ref> (born 4 May, 1989) is an Indian [[amateur boxing\|amateur boxer]] and a [[junior commissioned officer]] (JCO) of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web\|title= Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar advances into the quarter-finals after beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown\|date=29 June 2021\|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-boxer-satish-kumar-advances-into-the-quarter-finals-after-beating-jamaicas-ricardo-brown-401332/amp\|publisher=Wion\|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> He won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] at Incheon in the [[super heavyweight]] category<ref>{{cite web\|title=Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing\|date=2 October 2014\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-games-2014-satish-kumar-fails-to-advance-settles-for-bronze-in-91-kg-boxing/\|publisher=Indian Express\|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> and silver at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/asian-boxing-olympic-qualifiers-india-lovlina-borgohain-ashish-satish-kumar/ \|title=Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 March 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-07-30 \|title=Tokyo Olympics : 'आर्मी मैन' बॉक्सर सतीश यादव के परिवार को भी उम्मीद, टोक्यो में जीतेंगे गोल्ड \|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/sports/others-tokyo-olympics-heavy-weight-boxer-satish-kumar-yadav-family-members-hopes-he-will-win-gold-3676138.html \|access-date=2023-04-01 \|website=News18 हिंदी \|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Satish Kumar Tokyo Olympics 2021 - Satish Kumar Wiki, Family, Career Info & Achievements \|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/satish-kumar \|access-date=2023-04-01 \|website=www.sportskeeda.com \|language=en-us}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	~~Satish was born~~ to a farmer ~~from [[Yadav]] community~~ in ~~Pachota village,~~ [[Bulandshahr]]~~. He has~~ four ~~brothers and~~ 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-tokyo-olympics-super-heavyweight-army/ ~~\|title=History-maker Satish Kumar at the ntion's service \|work=Olympic Channel~~ \|accessdate=1 May 2020\|~~date~~=~~11 May 2020~~ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-wwe-undertaker-john-cena/ \|title=How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite web \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=History-maker Satish Kumar at the nation's service \|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-tokyo-olympics-super-heavyweight-army/ \|accessdate=1 May 2020 \|work=Olympic Channel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-wwe-undertaker-john-cena/ \|title=How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>

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	[[Subedar-major\|Subedar Major]] '''Satish Kumar''' (born 4 May 1989) is an Indian [[amateur boxing\|amateur boxer]] and a [[junior commissioned officer]] (JCO) of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web\|title= Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar advances into the quarter-finals after beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown\|date=29 June 2021\|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-boxer-satish-kumar-advances-into-the-quarter-finals-after-beating-jamaicas-ricardo-brown-401332/amp\|publisher=Wion\|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> He won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] at Incheon in the [[super heavyweight]] category<ref>{{cite web\|title=Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing\|date=2 October 2014\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-games-2014-satish-kumar-fails-to-advance-settles-for-bronze-in-91-kg-boxing/\|publisher=Indian Express\|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> and silver at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/asian-boxing-olympic-qualifiers-india-lovlina-borgohain-ashish-satish-kumar/ \|title=Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 March 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>		[[Subedar-major\|Subedar Major]] '''Satish Kumar Yadav''' (born 4 May 1989) is an Indian [[amateur boxing\|amateur boxer]] and a [[junior commissioned officer]] (JCO) of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web\|title= Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar advances into the quarter-finals after beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown\|date=29 June 2021\|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-boxer-satish-kumar-advances-into-the-quarter-finals-after-beating-jamaicas-ricardo-brown-401332/amp\|publisher=Wion\|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> He won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] at Incheon in the [[super heavyweight]] category<ref>{{cite web\|title=Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing\|date=2 October 2014\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-games-2014-satish-kumar-fails-to-advance-settles-for-bronze-in-91-kg-boxing/\|publisher=Indian Express\|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> and silver at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/asian-boxing-olympic-qualifiers-india-lovlina-borgohain-ashish-satish-kumar/ \|title=Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 March 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>

	==Early life==		==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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-tokyo-olympics-super-heavyweight-army/ \|title=History-maker Satish Kumar at the ntion's service \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=1 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-wwe-undertaker-john-cena/ \|title=How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>		Satish was born to a farmer from [[Yadav]] community in Pachota village, [[Bulandshahr]]. He has four brothers and 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-tokyo-olympics-super-heavyweight-army/ \|title=History-maker Satish Kumar at the ntion's service \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=1 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-wwe-undertaker-john-cena/ \|title=How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==

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	'''Satish Kumar ~~Yadav~~''' (born 4 May 1989) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[amateur boxing\|amateur boxer]] ~~from~~ [[~~Bulandshahr~~]]. He won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] at Incheon in the [[super heavyweight]] category<ref>{{cite web\|title=Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-games-2014-satish-kumar-fails-to-advance-settles-for-bronze-in-91-kg-boxing/\|publisher=Indian Express\|~~accessdate~~=3 October 2014}}</ref> and is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/asian-boxing-olympic-qualifiers-india-lovlina-borgohain-ashish-satish-kumar/ \|title=Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 March 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>		[[Subedar-major\|Subedar Major]] '''Satish Kumar''' (born 4 May 1989) is an Indian [[amateur boxing\|amateur boxer]] and a [[junior commissioned officer]] (JCO) of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web\|title= Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar advances into the quarter-finals after beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown\|date=29 June 2021\|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-boxer-satish-kumar-advances-into-the-quarter-finals-after-beating-jamaicas-ricardo-brown-401332/amp\|publisher=Wion\|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> He won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] at Incheon in the [[super heavyweight]] category<ref>{{cite web\|title=Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing\|date=2 October 2014\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-games-2014-satish-kumar-fails-to-advance-settles-for-bronze-in-91-kg-boxing/\|publisher=Indian Express\|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> and silver at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/asian-boxing-olympic-qualifiers-india-lovlina-borgohain-ashish-satish-kumar/ \|title=Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 March 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>

	==~~Personal and early~~ life==		==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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-tokyo-olympics-super-heavyweight-army/ \|title=History-maker Satish Kumar at the ntion's service \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=1 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref> ~~He didn't even know what boxing was at the time, thinking that [[WWE]] was boxing citing that he had heard of [[The Undertaker]] and [[John Cena]].~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-wwe-undertaker-john-cena/ \|title=How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>		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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-tokyo-olympics-super-heavyweight-army/ \|title=History-maker Satish Kumar at the ntion's service \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=1 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-wwe-undertaker-john-cena/ \|title=How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing \|work=Olympic Channel \|accessdate=9 May 2020\|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
	He was awarded by the [[~~Government of India~~]] , the [[~~Arjuna Award~~]] in (2018).<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/national-sports-awards-2018-full-list-of-winners-of-khel-ratna-arjuna-awards-dronacharya-awards/article25038907.ece\|title=National Sports Awards 2018\|~~publisher~~= The Hindu}}</ref>		He was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/national-sports-awards-2018-full-list-of-winners-of-khel-ratna-arjuna-awards-dronacharya-awards/article25038907.ece\|title=National Sports Awards 2018\|work= The Hindu\|date=25 September 2018}}</ref>

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'''Satish Kumar Yadav''' (born 4 May 1989) is an [[India]]n [[amateur boxing|amateur boxer]] from [[Bulandshahr]]. He won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Asian Games]] at Incheon in the [[super heavyweight]] category<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-games-2014-satish-kumar-fails-to-advance-settles-for-bronze-in-91-kg-boxing/|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref> and is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/asian-boxing-olympic-qualifiers-india-lovlina-borgohain-ashish-satish-kumar/ |title=Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth |work=Olympic Channel |accessdate=9 March 2020|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>

==Personal and 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-tokyo-olympics-super-heavyweight-army/ |title=History-maker Satish Kumar at the ntion's service |work=Olympic Channel |accessdate=1 May 2020|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref> He didn't even know what boxing was at the time, thinking that [[WWE]] was boxing citing that he had heard of [[The Undertaker]] and [[John Cena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-boxer-satish-kumar-wwe-undertaker-john-cena/ |title=How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing |work=Olympic Channel |accessdate=9 May 2020|date=11 May 2020 }}</ref>

== Awards ==
He was awarded by the [[Government of India]] , the [[Arjuna Award]] in (2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/national-sports-awards-2018-full-list-of-winners-of-khel-ratna-arjuna-awards-dronacharya-awards/article25038907.ece|title=National Sports Awards 2018|publisher= The Hindu}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AIBA|satish-kumar-91kg}}
* [http://www.incheon2014.kr/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5115550&lang=en Profile at incheon2014.kr]

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