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{{Short description|Indian boxer (born 1993)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|1|1}}
| birth_place = Shekhpura village, [[Karnal district]], [[Haryana]], India<ref name=bg_1>{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Nitin |title=Teens book London berths, India's Games boxing squad is largest ever at seven |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/teens-book-london-berths-indias-games-boxing-squad-is-largest-ever-at-seven/935704/ |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
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| sport = [[Boxing]]
| event = asian championship 2017 silver
| club = [[Bhiwani Boxing Club]]
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'''Sumit Sangwan''' (born 1 January 1993) is an Indian [[amateur boxing|amateur boxer]].

At the [[2012 London Olympics]], he participated in the [[light heavyweight]] category.<ref name=Oly_Qual>{{cite news |last=Sejwal |first=Ritu |title=Teenagers Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan qualify for London Games |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tournaments/london-olympics/Teenagers-Shiva-Thapa-and-Sumit-Sangwan-qualify-for-London-Games/articleshow/12630042.cms |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 April 2012}}</ref> Under controversial circumstances, he lost his bout to [[Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino]].<ref name=NDTV>{{cite web |title=London 2012 Boxing: Sumit Sangwan loses but India lodges protest |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/olympics-2012/news/item/194415-london-2012-boxing-sumit-sangwan-loses-a-battle-he-should-have-won |work=Indo-Asian News Service |publisher=[[NDTV]] |accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref>

He is supported by [[Olympic Gold Quest]].

==Early life and career==
Sangwan was born on 1 January 1993 in Shekhpura village of [[Haryana]] state's [[Karnal district]] to a [[Jat people|Jat]] family.<ref name=birth>{{cite news |title=Sumit Sangwan: Profile 2012 London Olympics |url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/indian-athletes-profile/sumit-sangwan-profile-2012-london-olympics_745727.html |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[Zee News]] |date=17 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="Lohumi">{{cite news |last1=Lohumi |first1=Bhanu P |title=Sangwan's Shekhpura village to boycott viewing of Olympics |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120802/haryana.htm#18 |accessdate=21 October 2018 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |agency=Tribune News Service |date=2 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802135205/http://www.tribuneindia.com:80/2012/20120802/haryana.htm#18 |archivedate=2 August 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> He started his career at avery early age, picking up the gloves when he was only 11, at his uncle’s boxing academy in the village. He soon showed his mettle and went from the state levels to the national levels when he was only 16. After shining through the national levels by winning two gold medals, he came to the spotlight when he won the Gold at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Astana, [[Kazakhstan]] in April 2012. He kept the faith of the national selectors when he qualified for the [[London Olympics 2012|London Olympics]] after he was picked for the Olympic qualifiers over 2010 [[Asian Games]] silver medalist and Olympian Dinesh Kumar.

Sumit Sangwan represented India in the [[AIBA World Boxing Championships]] in [[Almaty]] [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sangwan |first=Sumit |title=Sumit Sangwan selected for World Boxing Championship, Kazakhstan |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-28/boxing/41537078_1_vijender-singh-indian-boxing-team-gold-medallist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018030634/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-28/boxing/41537078_1_vijender-singh-indian-boxing-team-gold-medallist |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=28 August 2013 }}</ref> He lost out to [[Adilbek Niyazymbetov]] of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=India end campaign without medals for first time in 4 years |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/boxing/215991-world-boxing-championships-india-end-campaign-without-medals-for-first-time-in-4-years?pform=showcase |newspaper=NDTV Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Indian boxers make history at World Boxing Championship |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-23/boxing/43324222_1_indian-boxers-gurbax-singh-sandhu-sumit-sangwan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026015244/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-23/boxing/43324222_1_indian-boxers-gurbax-singh-sandhu-sumit-sangwan |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=2013-10-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Indian challenge ends in World Boxing Championship |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-24/boxing/43361991_1_shiva-thapa-manoj-kumar-sumit-sangwan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027103309/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-24/boxing/43361991_1_shiva-thapa-manoj-kumar-sumit-sangwan |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=2013-10-27 }}</ref>

Sumit participated in the [[World Series of Boxing]] for American outfit USA Knockouts in 2014.

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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic boxers for India]]
[[Category:Indian male boxers]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games boxers for India]]
[[Category:Boxers from Haryana]]
[[Category:People from Karnal district]]
[[Category:Light-heavyweight boxers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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