Venkatesan Devarajan
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Full name | Venkatesh Devarajan |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | 22 July 1973
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Sport | Boxing |
Venkatesan Devarajan (born 22 July 1973) is an Indian boxer and Olympian. He won the bronze medal in the 1994 World Boxing Championship in Bangkok. He was the first Indian boxer win the world cup boxing championship Medalist at foreign soil. He is from Chennai, India. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1995. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
He received the Best Sportsman Award from Indian Railways in 1995.[2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Devarajan Venkatesan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Smith, Robert (27 March 2006). "Cuban's hand in India's boxing resurgence". caribbeannetnews.com. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "boxer: Venkatesan Devarajan". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "V. Devarajan". Indian Boxing School. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ Raman, M. V (3 June 2004). "Fists of fame". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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- Indian male boxers
- Living people
- 1973 births
- Boxers at the 1994 Asian Games
- Tamil sportspeople
- Martial artists from Chennai
- Boxers from Tamil Nadu
- Asian Games competitors for India
- Olympic boxers for India
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for India
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bantamweight boxers
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award