Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Mary Kom to Satish Kumar, here is the full list of Indian boxers who have qualified

Jul 13, 2021

By: Mona Pachake

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Satish Kumar | Category — Men’s 91+ kg

He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games | He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for Olympics in the heavyweight category | He has also got the Arjuna Award in 2018.

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Ashish Kumar | Category — Men’s 75 kg

Indian amateur boxer who competes in the middleweight category has won silver in the 2019 Asian Games | His first major gold medal was at the 2015 National Games in the 75 kg category.

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Lovlina Borgohain | Category — Women's 69 kg

She is the first woman boxer from Assam to qualify for the Olympics | She won the bronze medal at the 2020 Asia and Oceania boxing Olympic qualifiers.

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Vikas Krishan | Category — Men's 69 kg

He represented India in the Olympics for the first time at London in 2012 | He won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth games in the 75 kg category and is the second Indian boxer to qualify for Olympics for the third time.

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Pooja Rani | Category — Women's 75 kg

She is an Indian middleweight boxer who won gold in South Asian Games 2016 | The 30-year-old Rani won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in 2019 in the 81 kg category.

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Amit Panghal | Category — Men's 52 kg

He was ranked as the world’s no.1 boxer in the men’s flyweight category (52 kg) by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) | Panghal won the gold medal in his debut appearance at the National Boxing Championships in 2017.

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Mary Kom | Category — Women's 51 kg

She is an Indian boxer and a Member of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha | She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times.

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Simranjit Kaur | Category — Women's 60 kg

Kaur is the current national champion in the women’s 60 kg boxing | In 2019, Kaur won a gold medal in the 23rd President’s Cup International Boxing Tournament.

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Manish Kaushik | Category — Men's 63 kg

In 2019, he won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Dubai and is considered one of the best boxers in India | He says that he was inspired by Haryana’s boxing heroes, Jitender Singh and Dinesh Kumar.

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