Preeti Dahiya Explained

Preeti Dahiya
Nationality:	Indian
Birth Place:	Silana, Sonipat, Haryana, India
Weight Class:	lightweight (60 Kg)
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Preeti Dahiya ^[1] is an Indian amateur boxer. She was a Gold medallist at the 2019 Asian Junior Boxing Championship.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Early life

Preeti Dahiya was born on 16 June 2004 in Delhi in Fateh Nagar, Delhi, India, but she and her family belong to Silana Village of Haryana state's sonipat district. Her father, Harinder Dahiya is a farmer, and her mother, Poonam is a housewife.

Career

She started boxing in 2016 after taking inspiration from Indian kabaddi team captain Deepak Niwas Hooda. After six months of training under the coach Mahendra Singh Dhaka, she won silver medal at the school-level national championships in the same year. She continued her training and in 2019 she won gold medal in the Asian Junior Boxing Championship. She won the lightweight division (60 kg) of the 2021 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships after defeating Kazakhstan's Zuldyz Shayakmetova 3–2.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details . 2022-10-10 . indiaboxing.in.
2. Web site: Preeti Dahiya bags gold as India end campaign on high with 39 medals at Asian Youth Boxing C'ship . 2022-10-10 . ANI News . en.
3. Web site: 2022-01-10 . Preeti Dahiya Leads India In Record Medal Haul At Asian Youth Championships . 2022-10-10 . www.outlookindia.com/ . en.
4. Web site: Sportstar . Team . 2021-08-31 . Preeti Dahiya, Sneha Kumari, Khushi, Neha win gold at Asian Youth Boxing Championships . 2022-10-10 . sportstar.thehindu.com . en.
5. Web site: Aim to be first woman from country to win gold in Olympics: Haryana boxer Preeti Dahiya . 2022-10-10 . Free Press Journal . en.
6. Web site: 2021-08-31 . Preeti Dahiya bags gold as India end campaign on high with 39 medals at Asian Youth Boxing Championship . 2022-10-10 . Hindustan Times . en.
7. Web site: SPORTS . FISTO . 2021-08-31 . Preeti Dahiya and three other youth women bag gold as India end campaign on a high with 39 medals at ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships . 2022-10-10 . www.fistosports.com . en.