PM Modi meets gold medallist Nikhat Zareen and other winners of Women’s World Boxing who won medals in Turkey last month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met gold medallist Nikhat Zareen and other boxers who won medals. Nikhat Zareen is the fifth Indian boxer to have won a gold medal at the grand event.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “Our boxers have made us proud! Congratulations to @nikhat_zareen for a fantastic Gold medal win at the Women’s World Boxing Championship. I also congratulate Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda for their Bronze medals in the same competition.”
Our boxers have made us proud! Congratulations to @nikhat_zareen for a fantastic Gold medal win at the Women's World Boxing Championship. I also congratulate Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda for their Bronze medals in the same competition. pic.twitter.com/dP7p59zQoS
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 19, 2022
Apart from Nikhat, Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda, both of whom bronze medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championships, met the Prime Minister. Nikhat tweeted later, ”
Nikhat Zareen, “An honour to meet our Hon’ble PM @narendramodi sir.
Thank you sir😊🙏🏻”
An honour to meet our Hon’ble PM @narendramodi sir.
Thank you sir😊🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/8V6avxBG9O— Nikhat Zareen (@nikhat_zareen) June 1, 2022
PM Narendra Modi Meets World Champion Nikhat Zareen, Bronze Medalists Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda#NikhatZareen #WorldBoxingChampionship #pmmodi https://t.co/41jURFL5NN pic.twitter.com/0YGwZ7pgEO
— News18.com (@news18dotcom) June 1, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the women boxers Nikhat Zareen, Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda who won medals in the World Boxing Championships pic.twitter.com/4CHqr6FM1d
— ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2022
Nikhat Zareen was born in Nizamabad in Telangana and recorded a dominating 5-0 victory in the final. Living up to the expectations, Nikhat beat Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas without breaking a sweat in the 52kg final 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, and 29-28.
It was a proud moment for India as it was also India’s first gold medal in the world championship since wonder woman Mary Kom won gold in 2018.
Before Nikhat, Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (2006) had won gold medals at the world boxing championship.
Manisha (57kg) and Parveen (63kg) won bronze medals and the Indian contingent concluded its campaign with three medals at the world’s biggest boxing event, which witnessed exciting competition between 310 boxers from 73 countries.
The boxing event this year also marked the 20th anniversary of the Women’s World Championships. Out of 12 Indian boxers, eight made it to the quarter-finals in this year’s tournament–the joint highest alongside Turkey.
With the addition of three medals in Istanbul, India’s overall medal tally in the Women’s World Boxing Championships has gone up to 39 which includes 0 gold, eight silver, and 21 bronze. This is the third highest after Russia (60) and China (50).
About Nikhat Zareen
Nikhat Zareen (born 14 June 1996) to Mohammad Jameel Ahmed and Parveen Sultana in Nizamabad city of Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). She completed her primary education at the Nirmala Hrudaya Girls High School in Nizamabad. Presently, she is pursuing a degree in Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at AV College in Hyderabad, Telangana.
In 2020, Zareen was presented with electric scooters and a cash award of rupees ten thousand by sports minister V. Srinivas Goud as well as Sports Authority of Telangana State
She is an Indian amateur boxer and won the gold medal at the 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and earlier won a gold medal at the 2011 AIBA Women’s Youth & Junior World Boxing Championships held in Antalya. She won bronze medal at the second India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati.
Zareen has become the fifth Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IBA World Boxing Championships.
Zareen works as a general banking officer at the Bank of India since June 2021.