India Win 39 Medals at Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships 2022

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Indian junior and youth boxers won a total 39 medals at the recently held ASBC Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships 2022 in Amman, capital of  Jordan. The championships ended on 16 March 2022.

The tournament saw  the participation of both boys and girls in the youth and junior category. Total  352 boxers from 21 countries participated in the event.

The Indian boxers won 15 gold, 10 silver, and 14 bronze  at the event .

Junior section 

•  In the junior section the Indian team won 21 medals including eight gold, seven silver and six bronze.

India came second after Uzbekistan which won 23 medals 

Medal winner for India 

Girls: (Gold) Vini (50kg), Yakshika (52kg), Nikita Chand (60kg), Vidhi (57kg), Shrushti Sathe (63kg), Rudrika (75kg); (Silver) Mahi Siwach (46kg), Palak Zambre (48kg), Supriya Devi Thokchom (54kg), Khushi Pooniya (80kg) and Nirjhara Bana (+80kg); (Bronze) Krisha Verma (70kg)

Boys: (Gold) Krrish Pal (46kg), Yashwardhan Singh (60kg); (Silver) Ravi Saini (48kg) and Rishabh Singh Shikharwar (80kg); (Bronze) Jayant Dagar (54kg), Chetan (57kg), Jackson Singh Laishram (70kg), Dev Pratap Singh (75kg), Gaurav Mhaske (+80kg)

Youth Section 

In the youth section the Indian team won 18 medals including seven gold, three silver and eight bronze medals and came third behind Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Women: (Gold) Nivedita Karki (48kg), Tamanna (50kg), Shaheen Gill (60kg), Ravina (63kg), Muskan (75kg); (Silver) Priyanka (66kg) and Kirti (+81); (Bronze) Renu (52kg), Tanisha Lamba (54kg), Prachi (57kg), Pranjal Yadav (70kg) and Sneha (81kg).

Men: (Gold) Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) and Vanshaj (63.5kg); (Silver) Aman Singh Bisht (+92kg); (Bronze) Raman (51kg), Anand Yadav (54kg) and Deepak (75kg).

• The ASBC Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships 2021 was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.