Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxing best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.
Early life
Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani.
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.
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.
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.
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