Saweety Boora
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1993[1] Hisar, Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Saweety Boora, also known mononymously as Saweety, is an Indian boxer who competes in the middleweight weight class. She won the silver medal in light heavyweight class at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
Early life
Boora was born on 10 January 1993 in rural Hisar, Haryana. Her father Mahender Singh, a farmer, played basketball at the national level.[2] Boora was a state-level kabaddi player before switching to boxing in 2009 at the insistence of her father. She initially trained in the farmlands near Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University and had to move out of Haryana in order to pursue a career in the sport.[3][4]
Career
At the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Jeju City, Boora won the silver medal in the light heavyweight (81 kg) event after losing the final to China's Yang Xiaoli.[5] Boora was the only Indian to reach the final of an event at the 2015 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships in Wulanchabu[6] where she settled for silver after losing to the same opponent.[7]
In 2017, Boora received Government of Haryana's Bhim Award for her sporting achievements in the 2015–16 season.[8] In 2018, she changed her weight class from light heavyweight (81 kg) to middleweight (75 kg) as the former is not part of the Summer Olympics.[3] She was eliminated in the pre-quarterfinal round of the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.[9]
References
- ^ "Saweety Boora". Indian Boxing Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Gurung, Anmol (15 August 2019). "Saweety Boora set for Worldly issues". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ a b Kamath, Amit (13 November 2018). "Women's World Boxing Championships: Saweety Boora's journey from training in ploughed fields to boxing for India". Firstpost. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "AIBA Women's World Championships: Meet 10-member Indian boxing team". Scroll.in. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Sarjubala, Saweety settle for silver medal at World C'Ships". Deccan Herald. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Saweety Boora lone Indian in final of Asian Women's Boxing Championships". Firstpost. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Saweety Boora Settles for Silver in Asian Women's Boxing". NDTV. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Pathak, Nityanand (18 February 2017). "भीम अवॉर्ड: वर्ल्ड नंबर-2 बॉक्सर स्वीटी बूरा को हरियाणा सरकार करेगी सम्मानित". News18. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Mary Kom Enters Quarter-finals of Women's World Boxing Championships, Saweety Boora Bows Out". News18. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.