Hawa Singh
{{short description|Indian boxer}}
{{other uses|Hawa (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Honorary Captain
| name = Hawa Singh Sheoran
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|12|16}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2000|8|14|1937|12|16}}
| birth_place = Umarwas, Haryana, India
| death_place = Bhiwani, Haryana, India
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = Boxer Heavyweight
Army Officer
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| allegiance = {{Flag|India}}
| branch = {{Army|India}}
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| rank =30px Honorary Captain
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{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1966 Bangkok | Heavyweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1970 Bangkok | Heavyweight}}
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}}Honorary Captain Hawa Singh Sheoran (16 December 1937 in Umarwas, Punjab now Haryana – 14 August 2000, in Bhiwani, Haryana) was an Indian Heavyweight boxer, who dominated Indian and Asian amateur boxing for a decade in his weight class. He won the Asian Games gold medal in the Heavyweight category in consecutive editions of the games, in the 1966 Asiad and the 1970 Asiad both held in Bangkok, Thailand - a feat unmatched by any Indian boxer to date (August 2008). He won the National Championships in the Heavyweight category a record 11 consecutive times — from 1961 to 1972.
Biography
Hawa Singh Sheoran was born in a Jat Family now Haryana in 1937.{{cite book |last=Garg |first=Chitra |title=Indian Champions: Profiles of Famous Indian Sportspersons |date=2010 |publisher=Rajpal & Sons |isbn=978-81-7028-852-7 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fq1wdzqhu6kC&dq=Hawa+Singh+1937&pg=PA90 |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=en}} He enrolled in the Indian Army in 1956, and became the champion of the Western Command in 1960 by defeating the defending champion, Mohabbat Singh.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} He won the National Championships for 11 straight years from 1961 to 1972, winning gold medals at the 1966 Asian Games and the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} He was awarded the Arjuna Award, India's highest sporting award, in 1966.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}.
After retiring, he took up coaching and was the co-founder of the Bhiwani Boxing Club[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7482661.stm Against the Odds: Vijender Singh , BBC] which produced a slew of Indian boxers in the 1990s and 2000s (decade), including Olympic medallist Vijender Singh. He was awarded the Dronacharya Award in 1999.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
He died suddenly in Bhiwani on 14 August 2000 – 15 days before he was to have received the Dronacharya Award.
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References
- [http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/boxing/indian-boxers/hawa-singh.html Biography of Hawa Singh]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090410011848/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=591&moduleid=&maincatid=8&subid=0&comid=55 India's highest sporting awards and those who won them, SS Gandhi, The Defence Review]
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Category:People from Bhiwani district
Category:Recipients of the Dronacharya Award
Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India
Category:Asian Games boxers for India
Category:Asian Games gold medalists in boxing
Category:Boxers at the 1966 Asian Games
Category:Boxers at the 1970 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games