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| Full name | Pinki Rani Jangra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing (48kg, 51kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pinki Rani Jangra (born 28 April 1990) is a flyweight Indian boxer from Hisar, Haryana and a four time national champion. She won bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] She won gold medal at the President's Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015.[3][4] She won gold medals at the 2011 National Games of India[5] and the 2012 and 2014 National championships in the flyweight (51kgs) division.[6][7] She was the only Indian pugilist who bagged the gold medal at the Arafura Games.[8] She signed up with Sporty Boxing Private Limited, which is referred to as the commercial arm of the Indian Boxing Council (IBC), the licensing body for professional boxers in India.[9]
Pinki is known as Giant Killer due to her achievements in domestic competitions. She has defeated London Olympic Games bronze medalist and six-time world champion Mary Kom in National Boxing Championship 2009 and CWG 2014 qualification trial, as well as five-time Asian champion and world champion Laishram Sarita Devi in National Games and National Boxing Championship 2011.[10][11][12]
Pinki represented India in Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 51kgs weight category.[13] However, she lost to England's Lisa Whiteside in her quarterfinal bout.[14]
- ^ "CWG 2014, Day 9, Live Blog: Pinki Rani gets bronze in women's flyweight boxing". Zee News. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Pinki Rani biography". CWG official website. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing".
- ^ "India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries". 28 April 2015.
- ^ "National Games: Haryana men and women dominate in boxing". Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "I want to win a medal at 2016 Rio Olympics, says Pinki Jangra".
- ^ "Pinki confident for Rio Olympics, 2016". 30 July 2014.
- ^ "'Best Boxer' award for Pinki Jangra in Arafura Games". Jagran Post. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "CWG medallist Pinki Jangra turns professional". The Hindu. PTI. 3 January 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Pinky Jangra shocks Mary Kom". The Hindu. 5 October 2009.
- ^ "I have beaten Mary Kom and that gave me confidence, says Pinki Jangra". 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Pinki Jangra punches out Olympian Mary".
- ^ "Indian Women Boxers Optimistic of Winning Medals at CWG 2018". 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Boxer Vikas Krishnan assures medal; Gaurav Solanki, Manish Kaushik move to semi-final - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.