Paramjeet Samota Explained

Paramjeet Samota
Birth Date:1988 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Dinod village,[1] Bhiwani district
Height:183cm (72inches)
Nationality:Indian
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Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.

Early life

Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani.[1]

Career

Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.[2] [3] In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3.[4] [5] He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sharma . Nitin . Family search for tickets as Paramjeet makes final . 8 December 2017 . . 12 October 2010 . https://archive.today/20160920113642/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/family-search-for-tickets-as-paramjeet-makes-final/696078/ . 20 September 2016 . live . dmy-all .
  2. News: Pugilists sign off on a high. Unnikrishnan. G.. 13 October 2010. Deccan Herald. 13 October 2010.
  3. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2010. BBC Sport. 13 March 2016. 13 October 2010. Paramjeet Samota added a third gold medal for India in the super-heavyweight category, comfortably defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1..
  4. News: Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title. 17 March 2010. Deccan Herald. 13 March 2016. Earlier, the day started perfectly for the Indians when Samota eked out a hard-fought 7-3 triumph over New Zealand's Joseph Parker.
  5. News: India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065535/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-17/boxing/28144013_1_vijender-singh-paramjeet-samota-olympian-dinesh-kumar. dead. 11 August 2011. 17 March 2010. The Times of India. 16 October 2010.
  6. News: Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad. 26 November 2010. The Times of India. 24 November 2010.

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