Manju Rani (born 26 October 1999) is an Indian boxer. She won a silver medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[2][3] She also won a silver medal at the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament 2019 held in Bulgaria[4] and bronze medals at the Thailand Open 2017 and India Open 2017.[5]
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 Rani with Kalaivani Srinivasan at 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament Guwahati | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Light flyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
editRani hails from Rithal Phogat village in the Rohtak district of Haryana. Her father was a Border Security Force officer who died of cancer in 2010.[4] The Rani had initially started playing kabaddi, but her coach advised her to switch to boxing. Inspired by Indian boxer MC Mary Kom's bronze-winning performance at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Rani made a shift to boxing.[6][4]
Sports
editRani won a silver medal at the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament 2019, Bulgaria in 48 kg category after losing finals against Josie Gabuco of Philippines.[7] She also won a silver medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships after losing Light flyweight final to Russia's Ekaterina Paltceva.[8]
In 2019 Rani signed up with sports management firm Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS) which will handle her endorsements and commercial interests.[9] In November 2020, Rani served a notice of termination of contract on IOS Sports and Entertainment for not fulfilling the sponsorship deal.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Manju Rani". BoxRec.
- ^ "2019 World Championships results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Women's World Boxing Championships: Manju Rani bags silver after losing 48kg final". India Today. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ a b c PTI. "Manju Rani settles for silver at Women's World Boxing Championships". Sportsar. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Noronha, Karen (17 October 2019). "'Will do everything to change colour to gold,' says World boxing Champion silver medalist Manju Rani". DNA India. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "मंजू रानीः वो मुक्केबाज़ जिनके पास दस्ताने ख़रीदने तक के पैसे नहीं थे". BBC News हिंदी (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Kulkarni, Abhijeet (20 February 2019). "Silver medal on debut: How boxer Manju Rani punched her way to the podium at Strandja Memorial". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ PTI (13 October 2019). "Manju Rani ends phenomenal world run with silver". Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ PTI (15 November 2019). "Five world-medallist boxers sign up with IOS". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "World No. 2 boxer Manju Rani alleges non-fulfillment of sponsorship deal". The Times of India. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.