Paramjeet Samota

Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.

Paramjeet Samota
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010.
Born	(1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 36) Dinod village,[1] Bhiwani district
Nationality	Indian
Statistics
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  India Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Super heavyweight Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Super heavyweight Asian Championships 2009 Zhuhai Super-heavyweight 2011 Incheon Heavyweight

Early life

Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani.^[1]

Career

Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.^[2][3] In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3.^[4][5] He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.^[6]