Dinesh Kumar (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer from
Bhiwani
Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, Bhiwani was also known as "Gate of Rajputana". Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of t ...
,
Haryana who competed at the
2008 Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...
at light-heavyweight. He is coached by
Jagdish Singh.
Dinesh Kumar
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At the first Olympic qualifier he lost to Zhang Xiaoping 7:25, at the second he KOd two fighters to qualify even though he lost the final to Mehdi Ghorbani
Mehdi Ghorbani ( fa, مهدی قربانی, born January 12, 1988) is a professional boxer from the Islamic Republic of Iran who competed in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost sem ...
. In Beijing he lost his first bout against Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla
Abdelhafid Benchabla ( ar, عبد الحفيظ بن شبلة; born 26 September 1986, in Zemmouri) is an Algerian amateur boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is the curren ...
.
References
External links
1st Qualifier
India Today article
1988 births
Living people
Indian male boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of India
Boxers from Haryana
People from Bhiwani
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for India
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
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