Jitender Kumar Biography: India has a history of producing excellent boxers. and Jitender Kumar is one amongst them. The Haryana based boxer has made his homeland proud by earning numerous medals at the international level.
EARLY LIFE
Jitender Kumar began his boxing journey when he was 17 years old. And since then he has never looked back.
From an early age, Jitender Kumar has followed an important philosophy that is giving 100% to the work handed to him and enjoying while doing it rather than considering it as a burden.
His sportsman spirit helped him to taste a fair success at his amateur boxing days.
Despite all odd situations, Kumar faced in his boxing journey, he emerged as a winner.
PERSONAL LIFE
Jitender Kumar was born on 18th July 1988 in Devsar, Bhiwani, Haryana, India. He was born to a well-to-do family. Jitender’s father was a principal in the Government School & his mother is also a retired teacher.
With the full support of his family especially his brother Virender Singh and his father Sh. Om Prakash, Jitender was able to grab success in his career.
Jitender Kumar tied the knots with fashion designer Yamini Sharma in 2016. The boxer has one brother & two sisters who are well settled today. Today, the boxer is working in the Haryana Police as DSP.
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Jitender Kumar has competed in so many big tournaments across the world. In 2006, Jitender competed at the Junior World Championships but he was defeated by the World Champion, Sergey Vodopyanov.
In the same year, the Indian boxer also lost the semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games to Don Broadhurst.
But at the second Olympic qualifier, Kumar beat Noman Karim. Unfortunately, he lost the semi-final to Mirat Sardembayev after winning all the significant 3rd place bouts.
In 2008, Jitender Kumar competed against Ulas Furkan Memis from Turkey in the 32nd round at the Summer Olympics. Jitender led the third round until the referee stopped the match.
In the 16th round, Jitender competed against Tulashboy Doniyorov from Uzbek. With his excellent performance, Jitender outscored the Uzbek player but his journey at Beijing Olympics came to an end when the boxer lost the match to Russian Georgy Balakshin in the quarter-finals at the Workers Indoor Arena.
Kumar had nine stitches in his jaw while competing in the quarterfinal. For the Olympics, he was trained by the Indian Boxing Coach named Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu.
ACHIEVEMENTS
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
- Bronze: 2006, Melbourne: Flyweight
ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Bronze: 2007, Ulan Bator: Flyweight
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Jitender Kumar
Nickname: Jitender Kumar
Sport: Boxing
Events: Flyweight
Country: India
Father’s name: Sh. Om Prakash
Mother’s name: NOT AVAILABLE
Wife’s name: Yamini Sharma
Brother’s name: Virender Singh
Coach name: Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu
Height: 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight: 81 kg (179 lbs)
Eye colour: Black
Hair colour: Black
Date of birth: 18th July 1988
Age: 31 years
Birthplace: Devsar, Bhiwani, Haryana, India
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Nationality: India
Hometown: Haryana
Religion: Hindu
CONTROVERSY
Apart from his awards, achievements, and performances, boxer Jitender Kumar has never been a part of any controversy.
NET WORTH
The primary income & net worth of Jitender Kumar come from his service as DSP in the Haryana Police and also the sporting career.
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES
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