Venkatesan Devarajan Explained

Devarajan Venkatesan
Full Name:Venkatesh Devarajan
Nationality:Indian
Sport:Boxing
Birth Date:22 July 1973
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Venkatesan Devarajan (born 22 July 1973) is an Indian boxer and Olympian. He won the bronze medal in the 1994 World Boxing Championship in Bangkok. He was the first Indian boxer win the world cup boxing championship Medalist at foreign soil. He is from Chennai, India. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1995. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]

He received the Best Sportsman Award from Indian Railways in 1995.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Devarajan Venkatesan . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185838/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/devarajan-venkatesan-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Cuban's hand in India's boxing resurgence. Smith. Robert. 27 March 2006. caribbeannetnews.com. 2 February 2010.
  3. Web site: boxer: Venkatesan Devarajan. boxrec.com. 2 February 2010.
  4. Web site: V. Devarajan. Indian Boxing School. 2 February 2010. 18 September 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090918095924/http://www.indianboxingschool.com/index1.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Fists of fame . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604114414/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/03/stories/2004060300510400.htm. dead. 4 June 2011. Raman. M. V. 3 June 2004. The Hindu. 2 February 2010.

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