Jitender Kumar (born 18 July 1988) is an Indian

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. He won the bronze medal in the flyweight category at the

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. He represented India at the

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Career

At the 2006 Junior World Championships, he lost to future (2007) seniors world champion

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. At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he lost his semifinal to eventual winner

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. At the 2nd Olympic qualifier he beat

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, lost his semi to

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but won the all-important third place bout against

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13:6 and qualified.

Beijing Olympics

At the 2008 summer Olympics, Jitender was pitted against

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's Ulas Furkan Memis in the round of 32. The referee stopped the contest in the third round of the bout when Jitender led 12-3. In the round of 16, he was up against Uzbek boxer

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. In an ill-tempered bout, Jitender outscored his opponent 13-6. However, his dream run at Beijing 2008 Olympics came to an end when he lost to Georgy Balakshin of

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(11-15) in a tightly fought quarter finals match held at Workers Indoor Arena on 20 August 2008. Jitender had 9 stitches in his jaw during the quarterfinal. If blood came out then the referee would stop the match and this put him under tremendous pressure. He was coached by the Indian Boxing Coach

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1988 births Indian male boxers Flyweight boxers Living people Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of India Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers from Haryana Asian Games competitors for India Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{India-boxing-bio-stub

Career

Beijing Olympics

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