Nitu Ghanghas

Nitu Ghanghas (born 19 October 2000) is an Indian boxer who is 2023 world champion in minimumweight category and a two-time world youth champion in light flyweight.[4] She won the gold medal at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games in the minimumweight category.[5][6]

Nitu Ghanghas
Ghanghas in August 2022
Personal information
Born (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000[1]
Dhanana, Bhiwani, Haryana, India[2][3]
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight flyweight (48 kg)
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 - -
Commonwealth Games 1 - -
Youth World Championships 2 - -
Total 4 0 0
Representing  India
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 New DelhiMinimumweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamMinimumweight
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 GuwahatiLight flyweight
Gold medal – first place2018 BudapestLight flyweight

Early life

Nitu Ghanghas was born on 19 October 2000, in the Dhanana village of Haryana’s Bhiwani district. Her father, Jai Bhagwan, was an employee at the Haryana Rajya Sabha in Chandigarh. Her mother’s name is Mukesh Devi and Nitu has a younger brother named Akshit Kumar. According to Mukesh Devi, Nitu was a ‘naughty child’ and would often get into fights with her siblings and at school. Her father introduced Nitu to boxing to find a constructive way to channel the energy. Nitu Ghanghas started to formally train by the time she was 12 but she failed to make any inroads in the first couple of years. Frustrated by her lack of progress, Nitu Ghanghas decided to give up on the sport but her father intervened. Her father took a three-year-long unpaid leave from his job to help his daughter realize her dreams of becoming a boxer. He did some farming on a small stretch of land he owned and also took a loan of about six lakh rupees (about US$7500) to take care of the costs. He also oversaw Nitu’s training and diet personally. During this period, Nitu Ghanghas was noticed by renowned coach Jagdish Singh, the founder of the renowned Bhiwani Boxing Club and one of the mentors of Vijender Singh. Nitu, a BA student at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, joined the Bhiwani Boxing Club and used to travel 40 km every day on her father’s scooter to train.[7][8]

Career

2022 Commonwealth Games

Nitu won the gold medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham after defeating Demie-Jade Resztan of England by 5-0 on 7 August 2022 in the 48 category (minimumweight category).

2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships

She became only the sixth Indian boxer (male or female) to become the World Champion after defeating Lutsaikhany Altantsetseg of Mongolia by 5-0 on 25th March 2023 in the minimumweight category.[9]

Achievements
International Titles
Year Place Weight Competition Location
20171st place, gold medalist(s)48Balkan Youth International Boxing ChampionshipSofia, Bulgaria
20171st place, gold medalist(s)48Women’s Youth World Boxing ChampionshipGuwahati, India
20181st place, gold medalist(s)48Asian Youth ChampionshipBangkok, Thailand
20181st place, gold medalist(s)48Golden Glove of Vojvodina Youth Men & Women Boxing TournamentSerbia
20181st place, gold medalist(s)48Youth Women World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary
20221st place, gold medalist(s)48Strandja Memorial Boxing TournamentSofia, Bulgaria
20221st place, gold medalist(s)45-48XXII Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, England
20231st place, gold medalist(s)48IBA Women's World Boxing ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India

References
  1. "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "Cinderella's father: Unpaid leave, long absence from office, facing inquiry, quitting job, all to support daughter's boxing career". The Indian Express. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. Sharda, Deepankar (19 July 2018). "Nitu packs a punch, thanks to her father". The Tribune. India. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. "Nitu Ghangas carving her place, one punch at a time". Hindustan Times. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. "CWG 2022: Indian Boxer Nitu Ghanghas Dedicates Gold Medal to 'Entire Country'". News18. 7 August 2022.
  6. https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/boxing-nitu-ghanghas-becomes-world-champion/article66661452.ece
  7. https://olympics.com/en/news/who-is-nitu-ghanghas-india-boxing
  8. https://boxingfederation.in/nitu-48-kg/
  9. https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/nitu-ghangas-beats-lutsaikhan-altantsetseg-to-hand-india-first-gold-at-world-boxing-c-ships-2023-101679744551820.html


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