Paramjeet Samota

Paramjeet Samota
Paramjeet Samota
	XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010.
Born	5 July 1988 (age 37); Dinod village, Bhiwani district
Nationality	Indian
	Statistics
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Men's amateur boxing
Representing India
Asian Games
Commonwealth Games
Asian Championships
Men's amateur boxing
Representing India
Asian Games
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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]

References

^ ^a ^b Sharma, Nitin (12 October 2010). "Family search for tickets as Paramjeet makes final". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ Unnikrishnan, G. (13 October 2010). "Pugilists sign off on a high". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
^ "Commonwealth Games 2010". BBC Sport. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016. 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.
^ "Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title". Deccan Herald. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 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
^ "India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship". The Times of India. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
^ "Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad". The Times of India. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

External links

Paramjeet Samota at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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[Sharma,_2010-1] Sharma, Nitin (12 October 2010). "Family search for tickets as Paramjeet makes final". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[2] Unnikrishnan, G. (13 October 2010). "Pugilists sign off on a high". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2010.

[3] "Commonwealth Games 2010". BBC Sport. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016. 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] "Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title". Deccan Herald. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 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] "India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship". The Times of India. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.

[6] "Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad". The Times of India. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

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