Paramjeet Samota

Paramjeet Samota
Born (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Citizenship Indian
Occupation Boxer Super heavyweight
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Paramjeet Samota
Medal record
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi Super heavyweight
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou Super heavyweight

Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known to win the Commonwealth title 2010 at Super Heavyweight.

Career

Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.[1][2] In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3.[3][4] He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.[5]

References

  1. Unnikrishnan, G. (13 October 2010). "Pugilists sign off on a high". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. "Commonwealth Games 2010". BBC Sports. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Paramjeet Samota added a third gold medal for India in the super-heavyweight category, comfortably defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1.
  3. "Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title". Deccan Herald. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Earlier, the day started perfectly for the Indians when Samota eked out a hard-fought 7-3 triumph over New Zealand's Joseph Parker
  4. "India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship". Times of India. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  5. "Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad". The Times of India. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.


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