Sonia Chahal is an Indian

amateur boxer An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. History ...

. She is a silver medallist at the

2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships The 2018 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held at KD Jadav Indoor Stadium at New Delhi, India and took place between 15 and 24 November 2018. In the finals of the light flyweight category Mary ...

Early life and career

Chahal was born in Nimri village of

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

state's

Bhiwani district Bhiwani district is one of the 22 Districts of Haryana, districts of the northern Indian state of Haryana. Created on 22 December 1972, it was the largest district of the state by area, before the creation of Charkhi Dadri district, Charkhi Dadr ...

. She is the younger of two children of Mr. Jai Bhagwan, a farmer, and homemaker mother Neelam. She started boxing in 2011 after taking inspiration from

Kavita Chahal Kavita Chahal (born 8 April 1985) is a 5' 9" tall heavyweight Indian female boxer and recipient of the highest world ranking 2 from 2012 to 2014 (AIBA Ranking - 11 in 2016) from the village Nimri which resides in the Bhiwani district, Haryana. ...

. And after six months of training at the Bhiwani Boxing Club under the coach Jagdish Singh, she won silver medal at the school-level national championships in the same year. She continued her training in Bhiwani for the next three years. Chahal won silver medal in the featherweight division (54–57 kg) of the

after losing in the final to Germany's

Ornella Wahner Ornella Wahner (born 19 February 1993) is a German amateur boxer who won gold medals at the 2011 Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships, Youth and Junior World Championships and the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Featherwe ...

References

Living people Featherweight boxers Indian women boxers Boxers from Haryana People from Bhiwani district AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists 21st-century Indian women 1997 births {{India-boxing-bio-stub