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{{short description|Indian boxer}}
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{{Infobox boxer (amateur)
| name = Saweety Boora
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| weight =
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| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|10|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Saweety Boora |url=http://www.indiaboxing.in/boxerdetails.php?regno=8115 |publisher=Indian Boxing Federation |access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], India
| weight_class = [[Middleweight]] (75 kg)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[amateur boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[AIBA World Boxing Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships|2014 Jeju City]]|[[2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight|Light heavyweight]]}}
{{MedalComp|[[Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2015 Wulanchabu]]|Light heavyweight}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2021 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|2021 Dubai]]|Light heavyweight}}
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'''Saweety Boora''', also known [[mononym]]ously as '''Saweety''', is an Indian [[amateur boxing|boxer]] who competes in the [[middleweight]] weight class. She won the silver medal in [[light heavyweight]] class at the [[2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships]].

==Early life==
Boora was born on 10 January 1993 in rural [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Haryana]]. Her father Mahender Singh, a farmer, played [[basketball]] at the national level.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gurung |first1=Anmol |title=Saweety Boora set for Worldly issues |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/aug/15/boora-set-for-worldly-issues-2019285.html |access-date=13 October 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=15 August 2019}}</ref> Boora was a state-level [[kabaddi]] player before switching to boxing in 2009 at the insistence of her father. She initially trained in the farmlands near [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]] and had to move out of Haryana in order to pursue a career in the sport.<ref name=fpost>{{cite news |last1=Kamath |first1=Amit |title=Women's World Boxing Championships: Saweety Boora's journey from training in ploughed fields to boxing for India |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/womens-world-boxing-championships-2018-saweety-booras-journey-from-training-in-ploughed-fields-to-boxing-for-india-5525191.html |access-date=13 October 2019 |work=Firstpost |date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=AIBA Women's World Championships: Meet 10-member Indian boxing team |url=https://scroll.in/field/901262/aiba-womens-world-championships-meet-10-member-indian-boxing-team |access-date=13 October 2019 |work=Scroll.in |date=7 November 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
At the [[2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships]] in [[Jeju City]], Boora won the silver medal in the [[2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight|light heavyweight (81 kg) event]] after losing the final to China's [[Yang Xiaoli]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sarjubala, Saweety settle for silver medal at World C'Ships |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/443486/sarjubala-saweety-settle-silver-medal.html |access-date=13 October 2019 |work=Deccan Herald |date=24 November 2014}}</ref> Boora was the only Indian to reach the final of an event at the [[2015 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships]] in [[Wulanchabu]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Saweety Boora lone Indian in final of Asian Women's Boxing Championships |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/saweety-boora-lone-indian-final-asian-womens-boxing-championships-2391170.html |access-date=13 October 2019 |work=Firstpost |date=13 August 2015}}</ref> where she settled for silver after losing to the same opponent.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saweety Boora Settles for Silver in Asian Women's Boxing |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/boxing/saweety-boora-settles-for-silver-in-asian-women-s-boxing-1495680 |access-date=13 October 2019 |work=NDTV |date=14 August 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, Boora received [[Government of Haryana]]'s Bhim Award for her sporting achievements in the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pathak |first1=Nityanand |title=भीम अवॉर्ड: वर्ल्ड नंबर-2 बॉक्सर स्वीटी बूरा को हरियाणा सरकार करेगी सम्मानित |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/sports/others-bhim-award-sweety-bura-named-in-players-list-948576.html |access-date=13 October 2019 |work=News18 |date=18 February 2017}}</ref> In 2018, she changed her weight class from [[light heavyweight]] (81 kg) to [[middleweight]] (75 kg) as the former is not part of the [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]].<ref name=fpost/> She was eliminated in the pre-quarterfinal round of the [[2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mary Kom Enters Quarter-finals of Women's World Boxing Championships, Saweety Boora Bows Out |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/mary-kom-enters-quarter-finals-of-womens-world-boxing-championships-2337937.html |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=News18 |date=8 October 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women boxers]]
[[Category:Middleweight boxers]]
[[Category:People from Hisar (city)]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Haryana]]
[[Category:AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists]]

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