Sumit Sangwan Explained

Sumit Sangwan
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:1993 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Shekhpura village, Karnal district, Haryana, India[1]
Occupation:Sportsman
Sport:Boxing
Event:asian championship 2017 silver
Club:Bhiwani Boxing Club

Sumit Sangwan (born 1 January 1993) is an Indian amateur boxer.

At the 2012 London Olympics, he participated in the light heavyweight category.[2] Under controversial circumstances, he lost his bout to Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino.[3]

He is supported by Olympic Gold Quest.

Early life and career

Sangwan was born on 1 January 1993 in Shekhpura village of Haryana state's Karnal district.[4] [5] He started his career at avery early age, picking up the gloves when he was only 11, at his uncle’s boxing academy in the village. He soon showed his mettle and went from the state levels to the national levels when he was only 16. After shining through the national levels by winning two gold medals, he came to the spotlight when he won the Gold at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan in April 2012. He kept the faith of the national selectors when he qualified for the London Olympics after he was picked for the Olympic qualifiers over 2010 Asian Games silver medalist and Olympian Dinesh Kumar.

Sumit Sangwan represented India in the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Almaty Kazakhstan.[6] He lost out to Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships.[7] [8] [9]

Sumit participated in the World Series of Boxing for American outfit USA Knockouts in 2014.

Notes and References

  1. News: Sharma . Nitin . Teens book London berths, India’s Games boxing squad is largest ever at seven . 6 August 2012 . . 12 April 2012.
  2. News: Sejwal . Ritu . Teenagers Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan qualify for London Games . 6 August 2012 . . 12 April 2012.
  3. Web site: London 2012 Boxing: Sumit Sangwan loses but India lodges protest . Indo-Asian News Service . . 6 August 2012.
  4. News: Sumit Sangwan: Profile 2012 London Olympics . 6 August 2012 . . 17 July 2012.
  5. News: Lohumi . Bhanu P . Sangwan’s Shekhpura village to boycott viewing of Olympics . 21 October 2018 . . Tribune News Service . 2 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120802135205/http://www.tribuneindia.com:80/2012/20120802/haryana.htm#18 . 2 August 2012 . live . dmy-all.
  6. News: Sangwan . Sumit . Sumit Sangwan selected for World Boxing Championship, Kazakhstan . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018030634/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-28/boxing/41537078_1_vijender-singh-indian-boxing-team-gold-medallist . dead . 18 October 2013 . . 28 August 2013 .
  7. News: India end campaign without medals for first time in 4 years . NDTV Sports.
  8. News: Indian boxers make history at World Boxing Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20131026015244/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-23/boxing/43324222_1_indian-boxers-gurbax-singh-sandhu-sumit-sangwan . dead . . 2013-10-26 .
  9. News: Indian challenge ends in World Boxing Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20131027103309/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-24/boxing/43361991_1_shiva-thapa-manoj-kumar-sumit-sangwan . dead . . 2013-10-27 .