Prayag Chauhan (born 24 February 1997) is an Indian amateur boxer. He won a gold medal in 2013 at the Asian junior boxing championship held in

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and a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2015.

Early life

Prayag Chauhan was born on 24 February 1997 in

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. His father Mahesh Chauhan is a Karate player and mother Preeti is a Kabaddi player. Prayag Chauhan was a gymnast before joining boxing.

Career

Prayag Chauhan started his boxing career by participating in Asian championship 2013 that was held at

and won gold Medal. He competed in Golden Glove Vojvodina,

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and won gold in 2014. In 2015 he won bronze in Youth Commonwealth Games, Samoa.

References

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