Simranjit Kaur

Simranjit Kaur Baatth (born 1995) is an Indian amateur boxer from Punjab.[1] She has represented India internationally since 2011. Kaur won a bronze medal for India at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She was a part of the Indian women's boxing contingent and won a gold medal at the Ahmet Comert International Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey in the 64kg category.[2] Baatth is First Girl of Punjab who Will participate in Olympic in Boxing. On 9th March she got Olympic Ticket for Tokyo 2020.

Simranjit Kaur
Personal information
Full nameSimranjit Kaur Baatth
NationalityIndian
Born (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995
Chakar, Punjab, India
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight welterweight
Coached byRamanand
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  India
World Championships
2018 New DelhiLight welterweight
Asian Championships
2019 BangkokLight welterweight

Early life

Kaur was born on 10 July 1995 to Kamal Jeet Singh and Rajpal Kaur in Chakar, Punjab, India.[1] Kaur was encouraged by her mother to pursue boxing after her elder siblings were also into boxing.[3]

Boxing career

In 2011, Kaur won a bronze medal at the 6th Junior Women National Boxing Championship in Patiala.[1]

In 2012, she won a bronze and a silver medal at the 4th Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship in Vishakhapatnam and at the 8th Junior Women National Boxing Championship in Patiala.[1]

In 2015, she won a bronze medal at the 16th Senior (Elite) Women National Boxing Championship in New Bongaigaon, Guwahati.[1]

In 2018, she won gold at the Ahmet Comert International Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey in the 64kg category, along with Monika and Bhagyabati Kachari who also won a gold medal in the 48kg and 81kg respectively.[2]

Kaur was a part of the 10-members Indian squad at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, held at New Delhi, India and led by Mary Kom.[4] and she went on to win the bronze medal at the Light welterweight category for India.[5]

In 2019, Kaur won a gold medal in the 23rd President’s Cup International Boxing Tournament held at Labuan Baju, Indonesia.[6]

Simranjit Kaur clinched silver after losing her final bout in the women’s lightweight (57-60kg) division at the Asian boxing Olympic qualifiers in Amman, Jordan in March 2020 to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.[7]

References
  1. "Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details". www.indiaboxing.in. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  2. "Boxers Simranjit Kaur, Monika, Bhagyabati Kachari clinch three gold medals at Ahmet Comert Tournament - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  3. "Women's World Boxing C'ship in Numbers: Simranjit Kaur". The Bridge. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. "Mary Kom named brand ambassador of 2018 Women's World Boxing Championships". India Today. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. "Sonia To Vie For Women's World Boxing Championships Gold, Bronze For Simranjit Kaur". sports.ndtv.com. NDTV. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. "Ludhiana girl Simranjit Kaur wins gold at international boxing tournament". Tribune India. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. "SIMRANJIT KAUR WINS SILVER AT THE ASIAN BOXING OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS". olympicchannel.com/. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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