Pinki Jangra Explained

Pinki Jangra
Fullname:Pinki Rani Jangra
Nationality:Indian
Sport:Boxing (48kg, 51kg)
Residence:Hisar, Haryana, India
Birth Date:1990 4, df=yes
Weight:51kg (112lb)

Pinki Rani Jangra (born 28 April 1990) is a flyweight Indian boxer from Hisar, Haryana and a four time national champion. She won bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1] [2] She won gold medal at the President's Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015.[3] [4] She won gold medals at the 2011 National Games of India[5] and the 2012 and 2014 National championships in the flyweight (51kgs) division.[6] [7] She was the only Indian pugilist who bagged the gold medal at the Arafura Games.[8] She signed up with Sporty Boxing Private Limited, which is referred to as the commercial arm of the Indian Boxing Council (IBC), the licensing body for professional boxers in India.[9]

Pinki is known as Giant Killer due to her achievements in domestic competitions. She has defeated London Olympic Games bronze medalist and six-time world champion Mary Kom in National Boxing Championship 2009 and CWG 2014 qualification trial, as well as five-time Asian champion and world champion Laishram Sarita Devi in National Games and National Boxing Championship 2011.[10] [11] [12]

Pinki represented India in Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 51kgs weight category.[13] However, she lost to England's Lisa Whiteside in her quarterfinal bout.[14]

Personal life

Pinki Jangra was born on 28 April 1990 in Hisar, Haryana. She is the daughter of a homemaker Prem Devi and a government official Krishan Kumar. She studied till 12th grade and reminisces her hobbies as dancing, playing and boxing. She married Dipankar Dhariwal, an IIM graduate in March 2023 in Chandigarh. She was initially coached by Raj Singh and later switched to Anoop Kumar.[15]

International achievements

YearMedalWeightCompetitionLocation
2019 Gold 51 2019 South Asian Games[16] Kathmandu/Pokhara
2018 Gold 51 India Open Boxing Tournament[17] New Delhi
2015 Gold 51 22nd President's Cup Open International Tournament[18] Palembang, Indonesia
2014 Quarter-Finalist 51 8th Women's AIBA World Boxing Championships[19] South Korea
2014 Bronze 51 XX Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, Scotland
2014 Silver 51 3rd Nations Cup[20] Serbia
2012 Silver 48 6th Asian Women Boxing Championship[21] [22] Mongolia
2011 Gold(Best Boxer) 51 Arafura Games[23] [24] Darwin, Australia
2010 Gold(Best Boxer) 48 India-Sri Lanka Duel Boxing ChampionshipSri Lanka

National achievements

Records

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CWG 2014, Day 9, Live Blog: Pinki Rani gets bronze in women's flyweight boxing . Zee News . 1 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Pinki Rani biography . CWG official website . 1 August 2014 . 1 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801205317/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/boxing/1024752/p_rani.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing.
  4. Web site: India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries. 28 April 2015 .
  5. News: National Games: Haryana men and women dominate in boxing. Times of India. 13 March 2016.
  6. Web site: I want to win a medal at 2016 Rio Olympics, says Pinki Jangra.
  7. Web site: Pinki confident for Rio Olympics, 2016. 30 July 2014 .
  8. News: 'Best Boxer' award for Pinki Jangra in Arafura Games. Jagran Post. 2018-11-17.
  9. News: CWG medallist Pinki Jangra turns professional. 2017-01-03. The Hindu. 2018-11-17. PTI. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  10. News: Pinky Jangra shocks Mary Kom. The Hindu . 5 October 2009 .
  11. Web site: I have beaten Mary Kom and that gave me confidence, says Pinki Jangra. 30 July 2014 .
  12. Web site: Pinki Jangra punches out Olympian Mary.
  13. Web site: Indian Women Boxers Optimistic of Winning Medals at CWG 2018. 16 March 2018 .
  14. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2018: Boxer Vikas Krishnan assures medal; Gaurav Solanki, Manish Kaushik move to semi-final - Firstpost. www.firstpost.com. 11 April 2018 . 2018-11-17.
  15. Web site: Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details. www.indiaboxing.in. 2018-11-17.
  16. Web site: Boxing.
  17. Web site: Pinki Jangra enters final of India Open 2018. February 2018 .
  18. Web site: Pinki strike gold for India at President's Cup.
  19. Web site: AIBA WOMEN'S WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS JEJU 2014. International Boxing Association. 16 March 2018. 14 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180814233611/https://www.aiba.org/aiba-womens-world-boxing-championships-jeju-2014/. dead.
  20. Web site: Pinki wins silver medal for India at 3rd Nations Cup. 16 March 2018. 17 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102336/http://www.bsv.org.rs/UserFiles/File/3r_Nations_Cup_Berger.pdf. dead.
  21. News: Pinki wins silver medal at Asian Women Boxing Championship . The Hindu . 27 March 2012 .
  22. News: Pinki in semi-finals of Asian Women Boxing Championship. The Times of India . 21 March 2012 .
  23. News: Pinki strikes gold at the Arafura Games. The Times of India . 13 May 2011 .
  24. Web site: Pinki Gold at Arafura Games.

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