Virothu Santhosh Kumar (born 15 November 1991)
is an amateur boxer from India. He competes in 61 – 64 kg category. Santhosh won Silver medal in
2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...
held in
Guangzhou
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,
China
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. He was defeated by
Daniyar Yeleussinov
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of
Kazakhstan
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in the gold medal bout by a score of 16:1.
References
Indian male boxers
Living people
1991 births
Asian Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for India
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Place of birth missing (living people)
Light-welterweight boxers
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