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Age: 26 Years
Hometown: Chakar, Ludhiana
Weight: 64 Kg
Some Lesser Known Facts About Simranjit Kaur
- Simranjit Kaur is an Indian boxer.
- She grew up in an economically weak family in Chakar village, Ludhiana.
- When Simranjit was in her teenage, her elder sister was pursuing boxing. After taking a look at her elder daughter doing so properly in boxing, Simranjit’s mom motivated her to start out a profession in boxing.
- At the age of 15, she joined the Sher-E-Punjab Sports academy in Chakar village to study boxing.
- She started her boxing profession in 2010 and took part in varied state and nationwide degree boxing competitions.
- In 2011, she participated within the sixth Junior Women National Boxing Championship held in Patiala and gained a bronze medal.
- She then took half within the Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship (2012) in Vishakhapatnam and gained a bronze medal.
- In 2012, Simranjit claimed a silver medal on the eighth Junior Women National Boxing Championship in Patiala.
- The following yr, she represented India on the Youth World Championship within the 60 Kg class and gained a bronze medal.
- Next, she gained a bronze medal on the sixteenth Senior (Elite) Women National Boxing Championship in New Bongaigaon, Guwahati.
- She gained two bronze medals on the Senior International Championship in Kazakhstan in 2017.
- In 2018, she participated within the Ahmet Comert International Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey, within the 64kg class and gained a gold medal. It was the primary worldwide gold of her profession.
- Kaur was part of the 10-members Indian squad on the 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, led by Mary Kom. She gained a bronze medal within the event.
- In 2019, she took half within the twenty third President’s International Boxing Tournament in Labuan Baju, Indonesia, and gained a gold medal.
- In March 2020, she gained a silver medal within the ladies’s light-weight (57-60kg) division on the Asian boxing Olympic qualifiers in Amman, Jordan, and gained a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The Olympics had been postponed to 2021 resulting from COVID-19.
- In her spare time, she likes to attract and paint.
- Simranjit is sponsored by Lakshya Sports.
- Simranjit’s father died of a coronary heart assault in 2018. After his demise, your entire family grew to become financially depending on Simranjit. In 2020, she was looking for a job for herself to assist her family. However, she couldn’t discover one. Talking about it in an interview, Simranjit stated,
I’ve given my utility to the Punjab Government, however I’m but to get a response. Last yr, Punjab Police had marketed for some posts however they had been largely for the rank of a constable. I hope the federal government not less than offers me a sub-inspector degree job.”
She added,
I’m the only real breadwinner of my family. My two youthful brothers are nonetheless finding out. My elder sister is employed with the BSF (Border Security Force), however she is married and lives together with her husband.”
- In 2018, she gained the title of ‘Best Boxer’ on the National Women’s Boxing Championship.
- Simranjit visits the health club every day to keep up her bodily health.
- Kaur has marketed for the shoe model Adidas many occasions on her Instagram account.
- In 2020, the AIBA positioned Simranjit on world rank 6 in boxing.
- In 2021, Simranjit examined optimistic for COVID-19 and was thus dropped from the Indian boxing crew for Asian Championships.
- Simranjit is non secular and retains visiting the native gurudwaras.