Kavita Chahal | |
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| Born | Kavita Chahal 8 April 1985[1] |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Weight(s) | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
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| Coached by | Jagdish Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kavita Chahal (born 8 April 1985) is a 5' 9" tall heavyweight Indian female boxer and recipient of the highest world ranking 2 from 2012 to 2014 (AIBA Ranking - 11 in 2016[2]) from the village Nimri which resides in the Bhiwani district, Haryana.[3] In recognition of her achievements, the Government of India presented Chahal with the Arjuna Award in 2013.[4] Chahal is the first female boxer from Haryana to be presented with the Arjuna Award. Chahal is a twice-consecutive World Championship medallist, 3 Time Gold medalist in World Police Games. 4-Time Asian championship, Asian cup medallist. With 9 gold medals, she is a record holder in women's national championship boxing. She is a 5-time gold medallist in the Federation Cup, and 7-times Gold medalist in all india police games 2012 to 2018. Chahal 3-time gold medallist in the Inter-zonal Super Cup championship.
- ^ Chahal, Kavita (2013). Unbreakable.
- ^ "Women's Heavy (81+ kg) as of Oct 2016" (PDF). D152tffy3gbaeg.cloudfront.net. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details". Indiaboxing.in. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Sodhi conferred Khel Ratna; Arjuna awards for 14 others". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2017.