 Bhagwan (left) receiving the Arjuna Award in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 1985 Hisar district, Haryana, India[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jai Bhagwan (born 11 May 1985), is a two-time Asian Championships medallist and a bronze winner at the 2010 Commonwealth Games who also represented India in boxing in the lightweight (60 kg) division at the 2012 London Olympics.[2][3]
Bhagwan qualified for the London Games by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku.[4] He was coached by the Indian Boxing Coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu.
In 2011, he appeared in a reality game show hosted by Shahrukh Khan called Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout and was one of the finalists.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he defeated Andrique Allisop of Seychelles 18-8 in the opening round on 29 July 2012.[5] On 2 August 2012, Bhagwan was defeated by Kazakh fighter Gani Zhailauov in the last 16.[6]
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- ^ "Jai Bhagwan storms into second round of 60kg event". 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Indian pugilist Jai Bhagwan boxed out". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2012.