Question

Who won the gold medal at Women's National Boxing Championships in 2019?
1. Ragini Upadhyay
2. Nikhat Zareen
3. Manju Rani
4. Pinki Rani Jangra

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Manju Rani

The correct answer is Manju Rani.

• Manju Rani won the gold medal at the Women's National Boxing Championships in 2019.

•  XI^th AIBA women's World Boxing championship 2019 was held in Ulan-Ude in Russia.
• It is the elite women's Boxing championship which is organized by AIBA.
• India was ranked ninth in the medal tally.
• Manju Rani won in the 48kg light flyweight category defeating Russia's Ekaterina Paltceva to win the silver medal.
• In the 54 kg category, Jamuna Boro defeated Chinese Taipei's Huang Hsiao-Wen to win the bronze medal.
• MC Mary Kom in 51 kg category 1 bronze medal defeating Turkey's Busenaz Cakiroglu.
• Manju Rani became the first Indian boxer after 18 years to reach the finals on debut.

 

•  Women's National Boxing Championships was founded in 1946.
• Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. 

• Pinki Rani Jangra is a flyweight Indian boxer from Haryana.
  • ​She won a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  • She won a gold medal at the President's Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015.
• Nikhat Zareen is an Indian amateur woman boxer.
  • She won the gold medal at the AIBA Women's Youth & Junior World Championships Antalya 2011.
  • She won the bronze medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati.