Paramjeet Samota

Paramjeet Samota
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010.
Born	(1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 36) Dinod village,[1] Bhiwani district
Nationality	Indian
Statistics
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  India Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Super heavyweight Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Super heavyweight Asian Championships 2009 Zhuhai Super-heavyweight 2011 Incheon Heavyweight

Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.

Early life

Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani.^[1]

Career

Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.^[2][3] In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3.^[4][5] He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.^[6]

References

1. Sharma, Nitin (12 October 2010). "Family search for tickets as Paramjeet makes final". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
2. Unnikrishnan, G. (13 October 2010). "Pugilists sign off on a high". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
3. "Commonwealth Games 2010". BBC Sport. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Paramjeet Samota added a third gold medal for India in the super-heavyweight category, comfortably defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1.
4. "Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title". Deccan Herald. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Earlier, the day started perfectly for the Indians when Samota eked out a hard-fought 7-3 triumph over New Zealand's Joseph Parker
5. "India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship". The Times of India. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
6. "Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad". The Times of India. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

External links

• Paramjeet Samota at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)