Ashish Kumar Chaudhary (born 18 July 1994) is an Indian

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who competes in the

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category. He won a silver medal at the 2019 Asian Championships and a gold medal at 2019 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament held in

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. He also won bronze medal at 2020 Asia/Oceania Olympics Qualifier and represented

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in middleweight category at

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held in Tokyo, Japan.

Early and personal life

Ashish Kumar Chaudhary was born on 18 July 1994 in Dhanotu, Mandi district,

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to Bhagat Ram Dogra and Durga Devi. His father was a farmer and played

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at the national level. Kumar was inspired to take up boxing by his brothers and cousins who have competed at national and international levels in Boxing, Wrestling and Wushu. Kumar's father passed away a month before Kumar competed at the 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan. He went on to reach semifinals of the event and won a bronze medal and therefore qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Career

Kumar won his first National Games Gold medal in 2015 in Kerala. He won his debut international medal as a silver medalist at the

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in the middleweight category. He won Gold medal in 2019 at Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament held in Bangkok. He played in middleweight category for Gujarat Giants in maiden Big Bout Indian Boxing League held in 2019. Gujarat Giants won the league and Ashish Kumar was declared Player of the Tie in the final match. In March 2020, Kumar reached the semifinals of the 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan and

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for the

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. He is the first boxer ever from

to qualify for Olympics.

Awards and recognition

* Parshuram Award (2019): Parshuram Award is the highest award in the field of sports given by Himachal Pradesh Government. It was presented to Ashish Kumar by the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on the occasion of 49th statehood day.

References

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* 1994 births Living people Indian male boxers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Middleweight boxers People from Mandi district Boxers from Himachal Pradesh Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for India Boxers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games boxers for India {{India-boxing-bio-stub