Kavita Chahal Explained

Kavita Chahal
Birth Name:Kavita Chahal
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:1985 4, df=y[1]
Birth Place:Nimri, Haryana, India
Weight:81kg (179lb)
Coach:Jagdish Singh

Kavita Chahal (born 8 April 1985) is a 5' 9" tall heavyweight Indian female boxer and recipient of the highest world ranking 2 from 2012 to 2014 (AIBA Ranking - 11 in 2016[2]) from the village Nimri which resides in the Bhiwani district, Haryana.[3] In recognition of her achievements, the Government of India presented Chahal with the Arjuna Award in 2013.[4] Chahal is the first female boxer from Haryana to be presented with the Arjuna Award. Chahal is a twice-consecutive World Championship medallist, 3 Time Gold medalist in World Police Games. 4-Time Asian championship, Asian cup medallist. With 9 gold medals, she is a record holder in women's national championship boxing. She is a 5-time gold medallist in the Federation Cup, and 7-times Gold medalist in all india police games 2012 to 2018. Chahal 3-time gold medallist in the Inter-zonal Super Cup championship.

Early life

Kavita was born to Sh. Bhup Singh and Ramesh Devi on 8 April 1985 at Nimri in the Bhiwani district of Haryana (India). Bhiwani is a well-known area in national boxing and also known for the amateur-turned professional boxer Vijender Singh.

Her initial training at boxing was handled by her father Bhup Singh, also a boxer. Once she had progressed, she then went on to train at the Bhiwani Boxing Club under the coach Jagdish Singh, who also handles the training of the Indian Ace Male Pugilist.

After winning medals and accolades for her state, and India, she went on to also become the first female boxer of Haryana state to be presented with the Arjun Award in 2013.

International achievements

SNTournamentYearVenueResult
1World Women Boxing Championship16-24 November 2014Jeju City, Korea5th
23rd Nations Cup12 January 2014SerbiaBronze
3World Police Games1-10 Aug 2013IrelandGold
47th World Women‟s Boxing Championship9-20 May 2012ChinaBronze
56th Asian Women‟s Boxing Championship16-26 March 2012MongoliaBronze
61st Asian Cup Women's Boxing Tournament7-8 May 2011Haikou, ChinaBronze
76th World Women Boxing Championship7-19 September 2010Barbados, West indiesBronze
85th Asian Women Boxing Championship23-31 May 2010Astana, KazakisthanBronze
9International Prime Ministry Boxing Tournament7 to 11 April 2010TurkeyBronze
10International Prime Ministry Boxing Tournament2009TurkeyQF
114th ASIAN WOMEN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP2008GuwahatiSilver
12DUAL TRAINING AND COMPETITION2008CanadaSilver

National level achievements

S.NoTournamentDateVenuePosition
1All India Police Games1 March 2015 to 5 March 2015New DelhiGold
21st Monnet Elite Women National Boxing Championship11-16 October 2014Raipur, ChhattisgarhGold
314th Senior Women National Boxing Championship18 May 2013 to 23 May 2013UttrakhandGold
413th Senior Women National Boxing Championship25 Nov. 2012 to 29 Nov. 2012Guwahati, AssamGold
561st All India Police GamesNov. 2012DelhiGold
660th All India Police GamesMarch 2012DelhiGold
74th Inter Zonal Women's National Boxing Championship12 to 15 July 2012AndhrapradeshGold
8All India UniversitiesJanuary 2011UdaipurGold
93rd Inter Zonal National Women Boxing Championship2011PuducherryGold
1012th Sr. Women Boxing Championship2011BhopalGold
1134th Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship2011NanitalGold
121st Interzonal National Women Boxing Championship2010Tirupur (Tamil Nadu)Gold
1333rd Federation Cup Boxing Championship18 to 21 November 2010NainitalGold
1410th Sr. Women national Boxing Championship2009JamshedpurGold
15N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship2009Gold
16Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship2009Tamil NaduGold
179th Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipNovember 2008AgraGold
18Vizag Steel Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipJune 2008VishakhapatnamGold
19SRM Federation Cup 20072007Kattankulathur, Kanchipuran (Tamil Nadu)Gold
201st All India Women Sr. Boxing Championship2006NainitalGold
2111th Senior Women National Boxing Championship5 to 10 December 2010ThrissurSilver
227th Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipDecember 2006VishakhakapatnamSilver
2334th National Games in Jharkhand17 to 24 February 2011JharkhandBronze
248th Sr. Women National Boxing Championship2007RudarpurBronze
2533rd National Games2007GuwahatiBronze

National level records

S. No.TournamentDateVenuePosition
11st Monnet Elite Women National Boxing Championship11-16 October 2014Raipur, ChhattisgarhGold
214th Senior Women National Boxing Championship18 May 2013 to 23 May 2013UttrakhandGold
313th Senior Women National Boxing Championship25 Nov. 2012 to 29 Nov. 2012Guwahati, AssamGold
412th Sr. Women Boxing Championship2011BhopalGold
510th Sr. Women national Boxing Championship2009JamshedpurGold
69th Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipNovember 2008AgraGold
7Vizag Steel Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipJune 2008VishakhapatnamGold
81st All India Women Sr. Boxing Championship2006NainitalGold

Career best AIBA rankings

(81+ KG)

EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 1, 2012

WORLD

RANKING

NAMECOUNTRYPOINTSPREVIOUS

RANKING

1LI, YunfeiCHINA27001
2KavitaINDIA17003
3YARALI, SemsiTURKEY15502
4KUNGEIBAYEVA, LazzatKAZAKHSTAN14008
5SINETSKAY, IrinaRUSSIA13007
6VERNIC, DanijelaCROATIA95014
7SHAMBIR, KaterynaUKRAINE95011
8KUZHEL, KaterynaUKRAINE8004
9CABRERA, ErikaBRAZIL8005
10KRYLOVA, ViktoriyaRUSSIA8006
11PEREZ, VictoriaUSA6009
12HAKHVERDYAN, SonaSWEDEN60010
13BALJINNYAM, BadamkhandMONGOLIA50012
14KILIC, BurcuTURKEY50013
15UKHARYOVA, OxanaKAZAKHSTAN45015
16SZATMARI, PetraHUNGARY400-|-|17|RICO, Denise|USA|400|16|-|18|SLOWIK, Anna|POLAND|390|17|-|19|HOSU, Adriana|ROMANIA|350|18|-|20|PAWLOWSKA, Izabela|POLAND|300|19|-|21|GHERGHEL, Diana|ROMANIA|250|-

Awards and recognitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chahal, Kavita . 2013 . Unbreakable.
  2. Web site: Women's Heavy (81+ kg) as of Oct 2016 . PDF . D152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net . 2017-01-12.
  3. Web site: Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details . Indiaboxing.in . 2017-01-12.
  4. Web site: Sodhi conferred Khel Ratna; Arjuna awards for 14 others . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 2013-08-31 . 2017-01-12.
  5. Web site: Haryana to honour 17 sportsperson with 'Bhim' award . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 2014-01-18 . 2017-01-12.

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