Sachin Siwach
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| Birth name | Sachin Siwach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 06, 1999 Mithalal, Bhiwani, Haryana, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Capt. Hawa Singh boxing Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Sanjay Sheoran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sachin Siwach is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani. He became the third Indian to win gold at the World Youth championship.
Career[]
Born on 6 December 1999 in Mitathal village near Bhiwani, Haryana. Sachin took to boxing at the age of 10. His father, Mr. Kishan Kumar who is a farmer by profession, and mother, Mrs. Nirmala Devi, always encouraged him to work to pursue a career in boxing.
Sachin secured a place at Captain Hawa Singh Academy in Bhiwani, where he trained under the supervision of coach Sanjay Kumar. His coach had initially refused to enroll him into the 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.
He won bronze medal in [1] AIBA Junior Boxing World Championship in Saint Petersburg , Russia in September 2015.
In 2017, he won a silver medal in the 49 kg category at held in Bangkok.[4] In 2018, at 19 years old, he competed in World Series of Boxing and defeated Russian debutanat in the light flyweight (49 kg) category.[5]
He was named Asian Boxing Confederation's best youth boxer of the year.[2]
In 2019 he competed in the 52 kg category and was among the 6 semi-finalists in the in Helsinki, Finland.[6]
Sachin Siwach won a gold medal in the 56 kg category at 2019 South Asian Games help in Kathmandu, Nepal.
References[]
- ^ "Boxer Sachin Siwach wins gold at Commonwealth Youth Games". 24 July 2017.
- ^ PTI. "Sachin strikes gold at Commonwealth Youth Games". Sportstar.
- ^ "After Russia high, boxer Sachin Siwach aiming for Tokyo 2020". ESPN. 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Sachin Siwach settles for a silver medal at Asian Youth Boxing Championship". 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Sachin Siwach wins but India lose to Russia in World Series of Boxing clash". 3 March 2018.
- ^ 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)
- Living people
- Indian male boxers
- Boxers from Haryana
- 1999 births