Pinki Rani Jangra (born 28 April 1990) is a flyweight
India
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Hisar
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Haryana
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and a four time national champion. She won bronze medal in the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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. She won gold medal at the President's Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015.
She won gold medals at the
2011 National Games of India
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and the 2012 and 2014 National championships in the flyweight (51kgs) division. She was the only Indian pugilist who bagged the gold medal at the
Arafura Games
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. She signed up with Sporty Boxing Private Limited, which is referred to as the commercial arm of the Indian Boxing Council (IBC), the licensing body for professional boxers in India.
Jangra is known as Giant Killer due to her achievements in domestic competitions. She has defeated
London Olympic Games bronze medalist and six-time world champion
Mary Kom
Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian Amateur boxing, Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Member of Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Champions ...
in National Boxing Championship 2009 and
CWG 2014 qualification trial, as well as five-time Asian champion and world champion
Laishram Sarita Devi
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in National Games and National Boxing Championship 2011.
Jangra represented India in
Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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in 51kgs weight category. However, she lost to England's
Lisa Whiteside in her quarterfinal bout.
Personal life
Jangra was born on 28 April 1990 in
Hisar, Haryana
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. She is the daughter of a homemaker Prem Devi and a government official Krishan Kumar. She studied till 12th grade and reminisces her hobbies as dancing, playing and boxing. She married Dipankar Dhariwal, an IIM graduate in March 2023 in Chandigarh. She was initially coached by Raj Singh and later switched to Anoop Kumar.
International achievements
National achievements
*All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championship, Bilaspur, Gold in Feb, 2015
*1st Monnet Women Elite National Boxing Championship, Raipur, Gold in 2014
*All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championships, Agra, Gold in March 2014
*13th Senior Women's National Boxing Championship, Guwahati, Gold in Nov, 2012
*10th Senior Women National Boxing Championship at J.R.D. Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Silver in October, 2009
*34th National Games (Women Boxing), Jamshedpur, Gold in 2011
Records
* Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Erode, Tamil Nadu, 2009
* N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Nainital, Gold in November, 2009
* S.H.N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Uttarakhand, Gold in 2010-11
* 9th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Panipat, Gold in 2010
* 10th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Mehandergarh, Gold in 2011
* 7th Senior Women North India Boxing Championship, Himachal Pradesh, Gold in 2012
* 4th Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship, Vishakhpatnam, Gold in 2012
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References
Living people
1990 births
Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
Sportswomen from Haryana
Indian women boxers
Boxers from Haryana
Flyweight boxers
21st-century Indian women
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
South Asian Games gold medalists for India
South Asian Games medalists in boxing
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing
Commonwealth Games boxers for India
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