Pwilao Basumatary (born 5 March 1993) is an

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boxer. She won

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at the

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Women's Youth & Junior World Championships Antalya 2011. She won

at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament in

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

. She won

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

at the Cologne Boxing World Cup in

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. She won

at the 70th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in

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Early life

Belonging to farmer's family she grew up in a remote village in

Chirang district Chirang District is an administrative Districts of Assam, district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam state in the North-East India, North-East of India. Etymology The word "Chirang" has derived from Garo language, Garo word – "chi" ...

. Though her childhood was spent battling hunger and poverty her family became victims of the 2012 Assam violence. Her sports career began getting a place in the

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Special Area Games Centre in

Kokrajhar Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous territory in Assam, one of the Northeast India, North Eastern states of India. History Under the Kingdom of Bhutan From the ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Basumatary, Pwilao Living people 1993 births Indian women boxers People from Chirang district Boxers from Assam Sportswomen from Assam 21st-century Indian women