Pinki Rani

Pinki Rani

Personal information
Full name	Pinki Rani Jangra
Nationality	India
Born	28 April 1990
Residence	Hisar, Haryana, India
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing (48kg, 51kg)
Medal record Competitor for  India 2011 Australia 48−51 kg 2015 Indonesia 48−51 kg 2012 Mangolia 45−48 kg 2014 Glasgow 48−51 kg

Pinki Rani (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian woman boxer from Haryana. She won a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games^[1][2] and a gold medal at the President's Cup International Boxing in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2015.^[3][4] She won gold medals at the 2011 National Games of India^[5] and the 2012 and 2014 national championships in the flyweight (51 kg) division. Her major target is to qualify and win medal in Rio Olympics 2016.^[6][7]

She was nicknamed "Giant-Killer" after she became the first Indian boxer to defeat Mary Kom in a National Championship.^[8][9][10]

International achievements

• 22nd President's Cup Open International Tournament, Palembang, Indonesia, Gold in April, 2015^[11][12]
• 8th Women's AIBA World Boxing Championships, Jeju, South Korea, Quarter-finalist in November, 2014
• XX Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland, Bronze in July, 2014
• 3rd Nations Cup, Serbia, Silver in Jan, 2014
• 6th Asian Women Championship, Mongolia, Silver in March, 2012^[13]
• Arafura Games, Darwin, Australia Gold (Best Boxer) in May, 2011^[14]
• India-Sri Lanka Duel Boxing Championship, Sri Lanka, Gold in Oct, 2010

National achievements

• All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championships, Bilaspur, Gold in Feb, 2015
• 1st Monnet Women Elite National Boxing Championship, Raipur, Gold in 2014
• All India Inter-Railway Boxing Championships, Agra, Gold in March 2014
• 13th Senior Women's National Boxing Championships, Guwahati, Gold in Nov, 2012

References

1. "CWG 2014, Day 9, Live Blog: Pinki Rani gets bronze in women's flyweight boxing". Zee News. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
2. "Pinki Rani biography". CWG official website. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
3. "Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing".
4. "India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries".
5. "National Games: Haryana men and women dominate in boxing". Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
6. "I want to win a medal at 2016 Rio Olympics, says Pinki Jangra".
7. "Pinki confident for Rio Olympics, 2016".
8. "Pinky Jangra shocks Mary Kom".
9. "I have beaten Mary Kom and that gave me confidence, says Pinki Jangra".
10. "Pinki Jangra punches out Olympian Mary".
11. "Pinki Jangra strike gold at President's Cup Boxing".
12. "India clinch President's Cup boxing tournament ahead of 30 other countries".
13. "Pinki Jangra proudly display their silver medals won in the Asian women's boxing championship".
14. "Pinki strikes gold, named ‘Best Boxer’ in Arafura Games".