Sachin Siwach

Sachin Siwach is an Indian boxer who hails from Bhiwani. He competes in the 57 kg category and is considered as an Indian boxing prodigy. He became the third Indian to win gold at the World Youth Championship

Sachin Siwach
Personal information
Birth nameSachin Siwach
NationalityIndian
BornDecember 06, 1999
Mithalal, Bhiwani, Haryana, India
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
ClubCapt. Hawa Singh boxing Academy
Coached bySanjay Sheoran

Career

At the age of 10, he was refused to be trained by an academy because he was undernourished.

He won a gold medal in Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas.[1][2] He also won a gold medal in AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in 2016.[3] He became the third Indian to win gold at the World Youth Championship after Nanao Singh in 2008 and Vikas Krishan in 2010.

In 2017, he won a silver medal in the 49 kg category at Asian Youth Boxing Championship held in Bangkok.[4] In 2018, at 19 years old, he competed in World Series of Boxing and defeated Russian debutanat Dorzho Radnaev in the light flyweight (49 kg) category.[5]

In 2019 he competed in the 52 kg category and was among the 6 semi-finalists in the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.[6]

References
  1. "Boxer Sachin Siwach wins gold at Commonwealth Youth Games". 24 July 2017.
  2. PTI. "Sachin strikes gold at Commonwealth Youth Games". Sportstar.
  3. "After Russia high, boxer Sachin Siwach aiming for Tokyo 2020". ESPN. 28 November 2016.
  4. "Sachin Siwach settles for a silver medal at Asian Youth Boxing Championship". 7 July 2017.
  5. "Sachin Siwach wins but India lose to Russia in World Series of Boxing clash". 3 March 2018.
  6. HelsinkiMarch 9, Press Trust of India; March 9, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 10:04. "Shiva Thapa, Sachin Siwach among 6 Indians in semi-finals of Finland boxing tournament". India Today.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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