Ankit Khatana Explained

Ankit Khatana
Birth Place:	Gurgaon district, Haryana, India
Weight Class:	Lightweight (60 Kg)
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Ankit Khatana is an Indian amateur boxer.^[1] He won the bronze medal at the 2018 Youth World Championships held in Hungary.^[2] He has been a National Champion, 2019 and was a gold medalist at the 2019 South Asian Games. In International tournaments he won the bronze at the 36th Feliks Stamm International Tournament, Poland.^{[3] [4]}

Early life

Ankit Khatana was born on 9 September 1998 in Abheypur village in Gurugram, Haryana to Sanjay Kumar, a farmer and Balesh, a homemaker.

Career

Khatana started his boxing career by participating in 28th Sub Junior Men State Boxing Championship in 2013 and won the bronze medal in the 41st Junior Men Haryana State Boxing Championship 2015–16. Next he won the gold medal in the South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal.^[5] He next won the silver medal in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2018.^[6] In 2019, Khatana then participated in the 4th Elite men's national boxing championship held in Himachal Pradesh where he bagged a gold medal.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details . 17 January 2023 . indiaboxing.in.
2. Web site: Asian silver-winner Ankit Khatana in semis of world youth boxing . 17 January 2023 . The New Indian Express.
3. Web site: 9 December 2019 . South Asian Games: Ankit Khatana, Kalaivani Srinivasan lead India to six boxing gold medals . 17 January 2023 . The Indian Express .
4. News: 25 August 2018 . Asian medallist Ankit enters quarters of world youth boxing . Business Standard India . 17 January 2023.
5. Web site: 9 December 2019 . South Asian Games 2019: Indian boxers punch their way to six gold medals . 17 January 2023 . sportstar.thehindu.com .
6. Web site: 28 August 2018 . 4 Indians settle for bronze in world youth boxing . 17 January 2023 . www.millenniumpost.in .