Sumit Sangwan (born 1 January 1993) is an Indian

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. At the

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, he participated in the

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category. Under controversial circumstances, he lost his bout to Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino. He is supported by

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Early life and career

Sangwan was born on 1 January 1993 in Shekhpura village of

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state's

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. He started his career at avery early age, picking up the gloves when he was only 11, at his uncle’s boxing academy in the village. He soon showed his mettle and went from the state levels to the national levels when he was only 16. After shining through the national levels by winning two gold medals, he came to the spotlight when he won the Gold at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Astana,

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in April 2012. He kept the faith of the national selectors when he qualified for the London Olympics after he was picked for the Olympic qualifiers over 2010

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silver medalist and Olympian Dinesh Kumar. Sumit Sangwan represented India in the

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. He lost out to

Adilbek Niyazymbetov Adilbek Sabituly Niyazymbetov ( kz, Әділбек Сәбитұлы Ниязымбетов; born 19 May 1989) is an Uzbekistani-born amateur light-heavyweight boxer who competes for Kazakhstan. He won silver medals at the world championships in ...

of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships. Sumit participated in the

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for American outfit USA Knockouts in 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sangwan, Sumit 1993 births Living people Olympic boxers for India Indian male boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Boxers from Haryana People from Karnal district Light-heavyweight boxers