Satish Kumar (boxer)

Subedar Major Satish Kumar Yadav (born 4 May 1989) is an Indian amateur boxer and a junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Indian Army.[1] He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the super heavyweight category[2] and silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category.[3]

Satish Kumar Yadav
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1989-05-04) 4 May 1989
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) (2014)
WeightSuper heavyweight (+91 kg)
Military career
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Rank Subedar Major
AwardsArjuna Award
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  India
Asian Games
2014 IncheonSuper heavyweight
Asian Championships
2015 BangkokSuper heavyweight
2019 BangkokSuper heavyweight
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastSuper heavyweight

Early life

Satish was born to a farmer from Yadav community in Pachota village, Bulandshahr. He has four brothers and wanted to join the army like his elder brother did. He did so in 2008 as a Sepoy and moved to Ranikhet, where he was spotted for his height during a boxing camp and was urged to give the sport a try.[4][5]

Awards

He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2018.[6]

References
  1. "Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar advances into the quarter-finals after beating Jamaica's Ricardo Brown". Wion. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. "Asian Games 2014: Satish Kumar fails to advance, settles for bronze in 91 kg boxing". Indian Express. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. "Lovlina, Ashish and Satish earn their Olympics berth". Olympic Channel. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. "History-maker Satish Kumar at the ntion's service". Olympic Channel. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. "How Satish Kumar blurred the lines between WWE and boxing". Olympic Channel. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  6. "National Sports Awards 2018". The Hindu. 25 September 2018.


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