Diwakar Prasad is an Indian former

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. He qualified to compete in the

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division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after losing in the finals of the

2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Karachi, Pakistan from May 6 to May 12, 2004. Also known as the ''Green Hill Tournament'' it was the penultimate opportunity for Asian amateur boxers to qualify for the 20 ...

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to Thailand's

Worapoj Petchkoom Worapoj Petchkoom ( th, วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม; ; born May 18, 1981) is a Thai boxer who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal losing to Cuban superstar Guillermo Ri ...

. In the 2004 Olympics he lost in the second round to Nigeria's

Nestor Bolum Nestor Bolum (born 19 September 1986) is a Nigerian professional boxer. As an amateur, he participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. Career In 2003 southpaw Bolum who works for the Nigerian Air Force w ...

and came joint 9th. Other notable achievements include: * 2003 Asian Olympic Qualifier - Bronze * 2003 Commonwealth Boxing Championship - Bronze * 2004 SAFF Games - Bronze * 2006 Grand Prix Boxing - Silver * 2009 56th Senior National Boxing Championship at

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...

- Bronze * 2010 Sahara 57th Senior National Boxing C'ship at Talkatora Indoor Stadium - Bronze * 2011 65th All India Inter Railway Men Boxing C'ship at Karnail Stadium - Gold * 2012 Sahara 58th Senior Men National Boxing C'ship at Alagappa Engineering - Gold

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Living people Indian male boxers Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for India Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games People from Jamshedpur Boxers from Jharkhand Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Year of birth missing (living people) Asian Games competitors for India Commonwealth Games competitors for India {{India-boxing-bio-stub