 Bhagwan (left) receiving the Arjuna Award in 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 1985 Hisar district, Haryana, India[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 18ā8 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[edit | edit source]
- ā Duggal, Saurabh (7 July 2012). "Warriors of the Ring". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ā "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ā "Third time lucky for boxer Jai Bhagwan". India Today. 9 July 2012.
- ā "Profile: Jai Bhagwan". NDTV. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ā "Jai Bhagwan storms into second round of 60kg event". 30 July 2012.
- ā "Indian pugilist Jai Bhagwan boxed out". Retrieved 2 August 2012.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Jai Bhagwan, Profile International Boxing Association