Manoj Kumar (boxer)
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| Full name | Manoj Kumar Kaltagdia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1986[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Rajesh Kumar[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manoj Kumar (born 10 December 1986), is an Indian boxer who won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He hails from the village of Rajound in the Kaithal district of Haryana.[10]
Kumar was born on 10 December 1986 in Rajound village, 30 km from Kaithal, Haryana and comes from a Ror family.[11] His father Sher Singh retired from the Indian Army, while his mother is a housewife. Manoj Kumar initially started his career as an athlete, while his elder brother Rajesh Kumar Rajound was an emerging boxer. When Rajesh Kumar Rajound won gold in the University championship he was expecting to be selected for the national team. However he was ignored, and therefore decided to bring his younger brother into boxing. He started to coach Manoj Kumar and also insisted his younger brother Mukesh Kumar change from judo to boxing to become a sparring partner of Manoj Kumar. All three travelled from their village Rajound to Kaithal to train. In the early days they trained with the help of old bicycle tubes.[12]
Manoj Kumar became national Champion for the first time when he beat defending champion Som Bahadur Pun in 2008.[13][14] After that Manoj never looked back. He won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[15]
