Pinki Rani Jangra is a flyweight Indian boxer from Hisar, Haryana. Pinki is known as ‘Giant Killer’ due to her achievements. She has won gold medals at the 2011 National Games of India and the 2012 and 2014 National championships in the flyweight (51kgs) division.
She is a bronze medal winner at the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Pinki also won a gold medal at the President’s Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015. She was the only Indian pugilist who bagged the gold medal at the Arafura Games.
Pinki Jangra Biography
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Full Name | Pinki Rani Jangra |
Sport Category | Boxing |
Date of Birth | 28 April, 1990 |
Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
Weight | 51 kg |
Coach | Raj Singh and Anoop Kumar |
Parent | Krishan Kumar and Prem Devi |
Domestic Career
Pinki on a roll! ?????♀️?@boxer_pinkij with a top-notch performance, brings in her experience to outclass English boxer Alice Jones in a unanimous 5:0 win to progress to the QF. #PunchMeinHainDum #AIBA pic.twitter.com/cEpbjKEwca
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) November 19, 2018
Pinki became known to even the ones who don’t watch boxing after she defeated London Olympic Games bronze medalist and six times World Champion Mary Kom in National Boxing Championship 2009 and Commonwealth Games 2014 qualification trial.
Pinki also beat five times Asian Champion and World Champion Laishram Sarita Devi in National Games and National Boxing Championship 2011.
Domestic Victories
Pinki Rani Jangra won the Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship which was held in Erode, Tamil Nadu in 2009. The same year she won the Gold in N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Nainital.
In the S.H.N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Uttarakhand in 2010 -11, Pinki bagged the gold. She repeated the heroics in the 9th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Panipat, in 2010.
In the 10th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, held in Mehandergarh, Jangra won Gold in 2011. She won another gold in the 7th Senior Women North India Boxing Championship, Himachal Pradesh. She again won gold at the 4th Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship in Visakhapatnam in 2012.
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National Victories
Way to go @boxer_pinkij ???
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) April 11, 2019
Dominant performance from the ??pugulist left her opponent, Cahiranchaya Phunsang of ??wanting, Pinky won the bout with a unanimous verdict to reach the quarterfinal of Cologne Boxing World Cup. Go, Girl, Go for Gold. #PunchMeinHaiDum #boxing pic.twitter.com/vrnprrH1e2
The boxer won gold at the 34th National Games which were held in Jamshedpur in 2011. In November 2012 at the 13th Senior Women’s National Boxing Championship in Guwahati, she won the Gold.
Won #GoldMedal?at 3rd Elite Women National Boxing C’ship ?✌️? thanku all for support @BFI_official @cmohry @anilvijminister @AshokKhemka_IAS @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/zW4ag0MtRn
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) January 6, 2019
2014 was another great year for her at the Nationals as she won two golds. The first one at the All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championships, Agra in March and the other at the 1st Monnet Women Elite National Boxing Championship in Raipur. In 2015 she repeated her heroics at the All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championship, Bilaspur, by bagging another Gold in February 2015.
International Achievements
And she’s here! ? ??
— KreedOn (@kreedonworld) April 11, 2019
Indian Boxer Pinki Jangra defeated Ursula Gottlob 5-0 at the Cologne Boxing World Cup 2019. @boxer_pinkij
PC? – @BFI_official #KreedOn #Boxer #PinkiJangra #womenathletes #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/seD4hNTdZB
1.India Open Boxing Tournament, New Delhi, Gold in 2018
2. 22nd President’s Cup Open International Tournament, Palembang, Indonesia, Gold in 2015
3. 8th Women’s AIBA World Boxing Championship, South Korea, Quarterfinalist in 2014
4. XX Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Bronze in 2014
5. 3rd Nations Cup, Serbia, Silver in 2014
6. 6th Asian Women’s Boxing Championship, Mongolia, Silver in 2012
7. Arafura Games, Darwin, Australia, Gold in 2012
8. India- Srilanka duel boxing championship, Srilanka, Gold in 2010
Social Media
??✌️?? @BFI_official @Media_SAI @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/8XJO2BC0qu
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) April 15, 2019
Yet another remarkable UNANIMOUS WIN✌? by Pinki Jangra ?? against Thailand Boxer ??
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) April 11, 2019
Keep your support alive for the coming match ?? @Media_SAI @IndiaSports @BFI_official pic.twitter.com/XCBJJemDQq
Booom ?? @arjunk26 @BoxerManojkr pic.twitter.com/6DsWol4MQv
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) April 7, 2019
HAPPY HOLI EVERYONE – The festival of colours✨
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) March 21, 2019
Holi is a special time to remember those who are close to our hearts with splashing colors of Gulal. ? Friends play dry Holi and save country from water crisis! ? pic.twitter.com/vmpsemjcLl
Leaving for Sofia Bulgaria for Strandja Tournament ??? @BFI_official @Media_SAI @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/u1tL5KIdzS
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) February 13, 2019
माँ का प्यार ? #WelcometoHome #ChampionsReturn #NationalChampionship? ? @SoniaLatherBoxe pic.twitter.com/ukgRBwMysD
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) January 9, 2019
.✌️??#nationalchampion #greatstartofyear #boxing? @BFI_official @cmohry @anilvijminister @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/0eIbaKVLaq
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) January 6, 2019
What an end of year, we are always proud on you @Pvsindhu1 Congratulations ????? #BWFWorldTourFinals pic.twitter.com/NvTcGjhDUD
— Pinki Jangra (@boxer_pinkij) December 16, 2018
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