Saweety Boora is an Indian boxer who is well-known for competing in the light heavyweight category (81 kg) in the boxing championships. In 2023, she won a gold medal in the light heavyweight (81 kg) category, defeating China’s Wang Lina at the Women’s World Boxing Championship, held in New Delhi.
Wiki/Biography
Saweety Boora was born on Friday, 2 April 1993 (age 30 years; as of 2023) in Ghirai, Hisar, Haryana, India. Her zodiac sign is Aries. Saweety attended the Government Post Graduate College, Hisar and the Kurukshetra University, Haryana.
Saweety Boora, dressed in the traditional attire of Himachal Pradesh, during her school days
Physical Appearance
Height : 5′ 7½″
Weight (approx.): 80 kg
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Figure Measurements (approx.): 33-28-34
Family
Saweety Boora belongs to the Haryanavi family.
Parents & Siblings
Her father Mahender Singh Boora, a farmer, played basketball at the national level. Her mother, Suman Devi Boora, is a homemaker.
Saweety Boora with her father, Mahender Singh Boora
Saweety Boora with her mother, Suman Devi Boora
Saweety’s younger sister, Siwi Boora, is a boxer, who competes in the lightweight category. Siwi was inspired to take boxing as a career by her sister Saweety. She has two brothers, Mandeep Boora and Naveen Boora; Naveen is a boxer.
Saweety Boora (left) with her younger sister, Siwi Boora
Saweety Boora with her brothers, Naveen Boora (extreme left) and Mandeep Boora
Husband & Children
On 7 July 2022, Saweety got married to Deepak Niwas Hooda, a kabaddi player, who served as the captain of the India national kabaddi team from 2019 to 2022.
Deepak Niwas Hooda and Saweety Boora’s marriage picture
Reportedly, the couple met in 2015 in Rohtak, Haryana, where they were invited as chief guests to inaugurate the Haryana Marathon. Gradually, they developed romantic feelings for each other. After dating for more than a year, Deepak proposed to her for marriage and on 29 June 2022, the couple got engaged in Hisar, Haryana.
Deepak Niwas Hooda and Saweety Boora’s engagement photo
Relationships/Affairs
Before getting married to Deepak, Saweety dated him for almost seven years.
Saweety Boora with Deepak Niwas Hooda
Religion/Religious Views
Saweety Boora follows Hinduism.
Saweety Boora, seeking blessing at Lord Shiva’s temple
Career
Boxing
Before pursuing a career as a boxer, Saweety used to play kabaddi at the state level, representing Haryana’s women’s kabaddi team. In 2009, after her father advised her to train for boxing, her interest got inclined towards it. Initially, Saweety received training in boxing from her coach in the ploughed fields near the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. After receiving adequate training, she started participating in various national boxing championships. Saweety bagged gold in the 4th Junior Women National Boxing Championship in 2009, which was held at the Monual Haq Stadium Rajendra Nagar in Patna. In 2010, she took part in the 1st Youth Women Haryana State Boxing Championship and won a silver medal. Her breakthrough came in the year 2014 when Saweety participated in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship, which was held in Jeju City in South Korea; she won a silver medal in the light heavyweight (81 kg) category after losing in the finals from China’s Yang Xiaoli. In 2015, she participated in the Asian Women’s Amateur Boxing Championship in Wulanchabu, China in the light heavyweight (81 kg) category and won the silver medal after losing the final to China’s Yang Xiaoli. In 2018, Saweety decided to switch her weight class category from light heavyweight (81 kg) to middleweight (75 kg) for her further boxing tournaments. In 2019, she took part in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship and was defeated by Lauren Price of Welsh in the pre-quarter-final round.
Saweety Boora (left) after winning the pre-quarter-final round after defeating Mongolia’s Myagmarjargal Munkhbat at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in 2019
In 2021, she won bronze at the ASBC Asian Boxing Championship, which was held in Dubai. In 2023, Saweety bagged a gold medal at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships after defeating China’s Wang Lina in the light heavyweight category (81 kg).
Saweety Boora, celebrating her victory over China’s Wang Lina at the Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023, held in New Delhi
Income Tax Inspector
On 12 February 2016, Saweety was appointed as an inspector at the Income Tax Department.
Medals
Gold
- 2009: 4th Junior Women National Boxing Championship at Monual Haq Stadium Rajendra Nagar, Patna
- 2010: 9th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Panipat
- 2010: 11th Senior Women National Boxing Championship, Thrissur
- 2011: 2nd Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship at N.T.R Stadium, Guntur
- 2011: 2nd Youth Women Haryana State Boxing Championship at Mahendragarh, Haryana
- 2011: 7th Youth Women National Boxing Championship, Patiala
- 2011: N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women’s Boxing Championships at DSA Ground, Nainital
- 2011: 1st UBA Cup Women’s Boxing Tournament, Hisar
- 2011: 3rd Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship, Anna Thidal, Puducherry
- 2012: 8th Federation Cup Women’s Boxing Championships at Sai Sports Complex, Guwahati, Assam
- 2012: 7th Senior Women North India Boxing Championship, Himachal Pradesh
- 2012: 4th Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship at Visakhapatnam
- 2013: 12th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Hisar, Haryana
- 2013: 14th Senior Women Boxing Competition, Khatima, Uttrakhand
- 2013: 8th Senior Women North India Boxing Championship, Srinagar
- 2014: 13th Senior Women State Boxing Championship, Bhiwani, Haryana
- 2015: 14th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Haryana
- 2015: 16th Senior (Elite) Women National Boxing Championship, Guwahati, Assam
Saweety Boora posing after winning a gold medal at the 16th Senior (Elite) Women National Boxing Championship, Guwahati, Assam in 2015
- 2016: 15th Senior Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Rohtak, Haryana
- 2018: Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament, Russia
Saweety Boora with her gold medal, which she won at the 2018 Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Russia
- 2021: 2nd Elite Women’s Haryana State Boxing Championship, Rohtak
- 2021: 5th Elite Women National Boxing Championship, Hisar, Haryana
Saweety Boora (second from left) posing after winning gold medal at the 5th Elite Women National Boxing Championship, held in Hisar, Haryana in 2021
- 2022: Asian Women’s Boxing Championship, Jordan
- 2022: 6th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Saweety Boora posing with her gold medal, which she won at the 6th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in 2022
- 2023: Women’s World Boxing Championship, New Delhi
Saweety Boora posing with her gold medal, which she won at the Women’s World Boxing Championship, held in New Delhi in 2023
Silver
- 2010: 1st Youth Women Haryana State Boxing Championship, Haryana
- 2010: S.H.N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Uttarakhand
- 2014: AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship, Jeju City in South Korea
Saweety Boora posing after winning a silver medal at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship, which was held in Jeju City in South Korea in 2014
- 2015: Asian Women’s Amateur Boxing Championships in Wulanchabu, China
- 2018: First India Open Boxing International Tournament, New Delhi
Saweety Boora posing with her silver medal, which she won at the First India Open Boxing International Tournament 2018 in New Delhi
- 2022: 36th National Games in Gujarat
Saweety Boora posing after winning a silver medal at the 36th National Games in Gujarat in 2022
Bronze
- 2012: 13th Senior Women National Boxing Championship, Guwahati
- 2018: Strandja Boxing Tournament, Kazakhstan
- 2018: 69th International Boxing Championship, Bulgaria
- 2019: 2nd Open India National Championship, Guwahati, Assam
Saweety Boora posing with her bronze medal at the 2nd Open India National Championship 2019 in Guwahati, Assam
- 2019: 7th President Cup, Kazakhstan
Saweety Boora posing after winning the bronze medal at the 7th President Cup, held in Kazakhstan
- 2021: ASBC Asian Boxing Championship, Dubai
Saweety Boora posing after winning the bronze medal at the ASBC Asian Boxing Championship, held in Dubai in 2021
Awards
- 2017: Bhim Award from the Government of Haryana for her achievements in boxing
Saweety Boora posing after receiving the Bhim Award from the Government of Haryana for her achievements in the boxing sport
- 2018: Excellence Award in sports the Central Revenue Sports and Cultural Board
Saweety Boora posing with her silver medal, which she won at the First India Open Boxing International Tournament 2018 in New Delhi
Car Collection
Saweety owns two Hyundai Creta cars.
Saweety Boora with her Hyundai Creta car
Saweety Boora posing with her brand new Hyundai Creta car
Facts/Trivia
- Saweety’s blood group is A+.
- In an interview, Saweety stated that she got sick right before preparing for her debut international boxing match and said,
In 2014, I fell sick because of typhoid and had to get admitted. And at the time they announced that whoever becomes the National gold medalist, only they will go and represent at the world championship. My doctor advised me to rest but the love for the sport kept me going and I ran away from the hospital, took the train by running a sprint of 100m and fainted in the train. My parents told me to come back but I was determined to represent India and they blessed me and let me carry on.”
- Saweety received training from her coaches, Hemlata and Anaup Singh.
- In an interview, Saweety stated that one of her favourite web series is The Vampire Diaries on Netflix.
- Saweety often follows the practice of meditation and does yoga to keep herself healthy, peaceful, and fit.
Saweety Boora practising yoga
- In 2019, Saweety was invited as a chief guest by Navbharat Foundation for the Run For Security event at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurugram, Haryana.
- In 2020, in an interview, Saweety revealed that she was upset and underwent depression after she was not given an opportunity to participate in the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers. Consequently, for a year, she quit boxing and took up kabaddi as her career. However, when Saweety got to know that the trials for the Asian Boxing Championship 2021 had begun, her husband advised her to remain focused on boxing and encouraged her to participate in the trials.
- During her leisure time, Saweety likes to paint, write poems, and sing religious songs (bhajans) at home.
- In an interview, Saweety talked about how her father advised her to switch from playing kabaddi to boxing and revealed the reasons behind taking up boxing as a career and said,
The reason I chose boxing was because I used to hardly talk in school but every time things went south, I couldn’t handle it. I used to explain to them the situation first and when they spoke back, I couldn’t reply and told myself to keep calm, and even after that, if they didn’t understand, I would just punch them then.”
- On 8 January 2023, Saweety, along with her husband Deepak Niwas Hooda, took part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, initiated by the Indian politician Rahul Gandhi.
Saweety Boora and her husband, Deepak Niwas Hooda, posing with the Indian politician Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2023
- Saweety has a pet dog, Panther, and she often shares pictures of her pet on social media.
Saweety Boora with her pet dog, Panther
- In 2023, after Saweety held the title of “world champion” at the Women’s World Boxing Championship, she was awarded a cash prize of Rs 82.7 lakh ($100,000). She became India’s seventh boxer (male or female) to win a gold medal at the World Boxing Championship. Expressing her gratitude towards her supporters, Saweety said,
I am thrilled after fulfilling my dream of becoming the World Champion. The bout went well and I was able to execute our planning perfectly. My performances in the tournament got better as the bouts progressed with my body also responding well. I want to thank the fans for their constant love and support.”
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education