Paramjeet Samota
{{short description|Indian boxer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Paramjeet Samota
| image =XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010.jpg
| caption = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|7|5}}
| birth_place = Dinod village,{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Nitin |title=Family search for tickets as Paramjeet makes final |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/family-search-for-tickets-as-paramjeet-makes-final/696078/ |accessdate=8 December 2017 |work=The Indian Express |date=12 October 2010 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160920113642/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/family-search-for-tickets-as-paramjeet-makes-final/696078/ |archivedate=20 September 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} Bhiwani district
| height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| nationality = Indian
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Guangzhou|Super heavyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalGold| 2010 Delhi|Super heavyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalBronze| 2009 Zhuhai|Super-heavyweight}}
{{MedalBronze| 2011 Incheon|Heavyweight}}
}}
Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.
Early life
Career
Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/104554/pugilists-sign-off-high.html|title=Pugilists sign off on a high|last=Unnikrishnan|first=G.|date=13 October 2010|work=Deccan Herald|accessdate=13 October 2010}}{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Games 2010|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9087545.stm|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 March 2016|date=13 October 2010|quote=Paramjeet Samota added a third gold medal for India in the super-heavyweight category, comfortably defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1.}} In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3.{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/58501/F |title=Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title
|date=17 March 2010|work=Deccan Herald|accessdate=13 March 2016|quote=Earlier, the day started perfectly for the Indians when Samota eked out a hard-fought 7-3 triumph over New Zealand's Joseph Parker}}{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-17/boxing/28144013_1_vijender-singh-paramjeet-samota-olympian-dinesh-kumar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065535/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-17/boxing/28144013_1_vijender-singh-paramjeet-samota-olympian-dinesh-kumar|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship|date=17 March 2010|work=The Times of India|accessdate=16 October 2010}} He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.{{cite news|title=Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/16th-asian-games-2010/india-news/Vikas-Dinesh-in-finals-Suranjoy-Samota-get-bronze-in-Asiad/articleshow/6981612.cms|accessdate=26 November 2010|newspaper=The Times of India|date=24 November 2010}}
References
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External links
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Category:People from Bhiwani district
Category:Asian Games medalists in boxing
Category:Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Category:Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Super-heavyweight boxers
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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