Nitu Ghanghas is an Indian boxer who competes in the women’s 48kg category. In 2022, she defeated the famous Indian boxer Mary Kom in the trials and qualified for the Commonwealth Games (2022).
Wiki/Biography
Nitu Ghanghas was born on Thursday, October 19, 2000, in Dhanana village, Bhiwani, Haryana (age 21; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Libra. She did her Masters in Physical Education from Chaudhry Bansilal University, Bhiwani, Haryana.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4″
Weight (approximately): 48kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father Jai Bhagwan works as a bill messenger in the Haryana Assembly in Chandigarh. Her mother’s name is Mukesh Devi. She has a younger brother named Akshit Kumar.
Neetu Ganjas and her parents
brother of Neetu Ganhas
other relatives
Her grandfather’s name is Mangeram and her grandmother’s name is Prem Devi.
caste
Neetu was born into a Hindu Jat family.
Profession
In 2012, she started her career as a boxer and participated in various regional boxing championships. She won her first gold medal at the AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships (2017) in Guwahati. In 2018, she defeated Thai boxer Nirada Miku to win the gold medal at the Asian Youth Boxing Championships. After a shoulder injury in 2019, she had to take nearly two years off. In 2022, she participated in the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She defeated Italian boxer Prisciano Daro 5-0 to win the gold medal. Neetu spoke about her comeback and winning the gold medal in an interview, she said,
I heard that Strandja is one of the oldest boxing championships and I am very proud that my country won the gold medal. Now, I want to take it step by step this year. We have the World Championships and I want to put my heart and soul into it and win a gold medal there. I want to sit with (coach) Bhaskar Bhatt sir and other coaches and work on my strengths and weaknesses. I want to be ready and perform my best there. “
In 2022, she defeated Indian boxer Mary Kom and qualified for the Commonwealth Games. Nitu Ghanghas plays left-handed and is coached by Bhaskar Bhatt and Jagdish Singh.
Nitu Ghanghas and her coach Jagdish Singh
In March 2023, she defeated Mongolia’s Ruseihan Altanseg in the 48kg final of the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi and won the gold medal.
medal
- AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championship Gold Medal, Guwahati (2017)
Nitu Ghanghas with her medal
- Asian Youth Boxing Championship Gold Medal (2018)
- Gold Medal at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Championships, Sofia, Bulgaria (2022)
- Win gold at Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023 in New Delhi
Facts/Trivia
- When she was a teenager, her father took her to Bhiwani Boxing Club (BBC) in Haryana to start her boxing training. He even risked losing his job to accompany his daughter to training. Neetu said in an interview,
My father took several days of “unpaid leave” for my training. He had to borrow money from friends and relatives to meet household expenses. “
- When she was 15, she lost control of her two-wheeler and hit a tractor. Her pelvic bones were injured in the accident. In an interview, she said of the accident:
I’m in pain. No one noticed at first, but then there came a time when I couldn’t turn right. “
Nitu Ghanghas’ X-ray showing injuries to her pelvis
- In 2016, she joined SAI National Boxing Academy, a boxing training academy located in Rohtak, Haryana.
- In 2019, she stopped playing left-handed and started hitting right-handed, which put stress on her right hand. As a result, she suffered a grade 2 tear in her right shoulder. Speaking about her shoulder injury in an interview, she said:
I played four games in a lot of pain. My right hand is not used to this kind of load. Looking back, this was a stupid mistake on my part. I never stopped exercising, kept taking painkillers, and kept fighting. But if you’re a young, up-and-coming boxer eager to achieve something, you’ve taken it too far. “
Due to injury, she did not participate in the national team training camp. Her training also suffered due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. In an interview, while talking about the same issue, she said,
Honestly, I was in a very dark place. I thought about giving up boxing. I could never think clearly. As my shoulder healed, I slowly started training at home. Later, during the lockdown, my father secretly took me to the college. “
- In 2021, Nitu appeared in Amazon Prime Video “India Ke Toofaan”.
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Source: HIS Education