Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.
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![]() XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 34) Danaud village,[1] Bhiwani district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samota grew up in Dinod , a village near Bhiwani.[1]
Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.[2][3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]
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.
Earlier, the day started perfectly for the Indians when Samota eked out a hard-fought 7-3 triumph over New Zealand's Joseph Parker
Commonwealth Games Boxing Champions in Men's Super Heavyweight | |
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