Dinesh Kumar (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer from

Bhiwani Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, Bhiwani was also known as "Gate of Rajputana". Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of t ...

, Haryana who competed at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

at light-heavyweight. He is coached by Jagdish Singh.Dinesh Kumar
sports-reference.com At the first Olympic qualifier he lost to Zhang Xiaoping 7:25, at the second he KOd two fighters to qualify even though he lost the final to

Mehdi Ghorbani Mehdi Ghorbani ( fa, مهدی قربانی, born January 12, 1988) is a professional boxer from the Islamic Republic of Iran who competed in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost sem ...

. In Beijing he lost his first bout against Algerian

Abdelhafid Benchabla Abdelhafid Benchabla ( ar, عبد الحفيظ بن شبلة; born 26 September 1986, in Zemmouri) is an Algerian amateur boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is the curren ...

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1st Qualifier

India Today article
1988 births Living people Indian male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of India Boxers from Haryana People from Bhiwani Recipients of the Arjuna Award Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{India-boxing-bio-stub