Simranjit Kaur
Simranjit Kaur Baatth (born 1995) is an Indian amateur boxer from Punjab, India.[1] She has represented India internationally since 2011. Kaur won a bronze medal for India at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She was a part of the Indian women's boxing contingent and won a gold medal at the Ahmet Comert International Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey in the 64kg category.[2] Baatth is the first female boxer from Punjab to participate in the Olympics. Simranjit won silver at the 2019 Asian Championships and bronze at the 2018 World Championships.[3]
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| Full name | Simranjit Kaur Baatth | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1995 Chakar, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Light welterweight | ||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ramanand | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Kaur was born on 10 July 1995 to Kamal Jeet Singh and Rajpal Kaur in Chakar, Punjab, India.[1] Kaur was encouraged by her mother to pursue boxing after her elder siblings were also into boxing.[4]
Boxing career
In 2011, Kaur won a bronze medal at the 6th Junior Women National Boxing Championship in Patiala.[1]
In 2012, she won a bronze and a silver medal at the 4th Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship in Vishakhapatnam and at the 8th Junior Women National Boxing Championship in Patiala.[1]
In 2015, she won a bronze medal at the 16th Senior (Elite) Women National Boxing Championship in New Bongaigaon, Guwahati.[1]
In 2018, she won gold at the Ahmet Comert International Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey in the 64kg category, along with Monika and Bhagyabati Kachari who also won a gold medal in the 48kg and 81kg respectively.[2]
Kaur was a part of the 10-members Indian squad at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, held at New Delhi, India and led by Mary Kom.[5] and she went on to win the bronze medal at the Light welterweight category for India.[6]
In 2019, Kaur won a gold medal in the 23rd President’s Cup International Boxing Tournament held at Labuan Baju, Indonesia.[7]
Simranjit kaur defeated Raykhona Kodirova of Uzbekistan 4-1 at Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai.[8]
Simranjit Kaur clinched silver after losing her final bout in the women’s lightweight (57-60kg) division at the Asian boxing Olympic qualifiers in Amman, Jordan in March 2020 to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details". www.indiaboxing.in. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Boxers Simranjit Kaur, Monika, Bhagyabati Kachari clinch three gold medals at Ahmet Comert Tournament - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ↑ DelhiJanuary 16, India Today Web Desk New; January 16, 2020UPDATED; Ist, 2020 20:01. "Don't worry about anything, just focus on upcoming Olympics: Punjab CM to Simranjit Kaur". India Today. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Women's World Boxing C'ship in Numbers: Simranjit Kaur". The Bridge. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ↑ "Mary Kom named brand ambassador of 2018 Women's World Boxing Championships". India Today. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ↑ "Sonia To Vie For Women's World Boxing Championships Gold, Bronze For Simranjit Kaur". sports.ndtv.com. NDTV. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ↑ "Ludhiana girl Simranjit Kaur wins gold at international boxing tournament". Tribune India. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ↑ DelhiMay 26, India Today Web Desk New; May 26, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 13:21. "Asian Boxing Championships: Field day for Indian pugilists, assures four more medals". India Today. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "SIMRANJIT KAUR WINS SILVER AT THE ASIAN BOXING OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS". olympicchannel.com/. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
External links
- Simranjit Kaur Profile Page 209