Jai Bhagwan

Jai Bhagwan
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1985-05-11) 11 May 1985
Hisar district, Haryana, India[1]
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Lightweight

Jai Bhagwan (born 11 May 1985), is a two-time Asian Championships medallist and a bronze winner at the 2010 Commonwealth Games who also represented India in Boxing in the lightweight (60 kg) division at the 2012 London Olympics.[2][3]

Bhagwan qualified for the London Games by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku.[4] He was coached by the Indian Boxing Coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu.

In 2011, he appeared in reality game show, hosted by Shahrukh Khan called Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout and was one of the finalists.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, in a dominating performance, he thrashed Andrique Allisop of Seychelles 18—8 in the opening round on 29 July 2012.[5] On 2 August 2012, Jai Bhagwan lost to Kazakh fighter Gani Zhailauov at the London Olympics in the last 16.[6]

References

  1. Duggal, Saurabh (7 July 2012). "Warriors of the Ring". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  3. "Third time lucky for boxer Jai Bhagwan". India Today. 9 July 2012.
  4. "Profile: Jai Bhagwan". NDTV. 26 July 2012.
  5. "Jai Bhagwan storms into second round of 60kg event". 30 July 2012.
  6. "Indian pugilist Jai Bhagwan boxed out". Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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