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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Birju Shah<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| death_date = 4 September 2022<br />
| death_place = [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]], India<br />
| sport = [[Boxing]]<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Boxing]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]] | [[light flyweight]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | [[light flyweight]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[National Games of India|National Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| 1993<br/>1994 | [[light flyweight]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| 1997 | [[light flyweight]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| 1999 | [[light flyweight]]}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Birju Shah''' (died 4 September 2022) was an Indian International boxer who won silver and bronze medals for India in the [[Asian Games]] and [[Commonwealth Games]] in 1994-95, and medals in [[National Games of India|National Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-05 |title=Who Was Birju Shah? International Boxer Passed Away |url=https://satiknews.com/who-was-birju-shah-international-boxer-passed-away/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=International boxer Birju Shah was doing security guard job, children had left studies |url=https://www.xetoofficial.com/international-boxer-birju-shah-was-doing-security-guard-job-children-had-left-studies/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=XETO OFFICIAL |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=International boxer Birju Shah was doing security guard job, children had left studies - News8Plus-Realtime Updates On Breaking News & Headlines |url=https://news8plus.com/international-boxer-birju-shah-was-doing-security-guard-job-children-had-left-studies/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Birju Shah was born at [[Jamshedpur]], [[Bihar]] (now [[Jharkhand]]), India.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}<br />
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Birju Shah represented [[India]] as a [[Boxer (boxing)|boxer]] and had won many [[Gold medal|Gold]], [[Silver medal|Silver]] and [[Bronze medal|Bronze]] medals for [[India]] in [[Asian Games|Asian]], [[Commonwealth Games]] and international championships. He won Bronze medal in Junior [[Asian Championship]]s in 1993. Birju won Bronze medals in both [[Asian Games]] and [[Commonwealth Games]] in 1994. Birju became the country's first boxer to win medals in both [[Asian Games]] and [[Commonwealth Games]]. He also won Gold medal in [[YMCA]] International Championship in 1996 and Bronze medal in International Invitational Championship in 1994 and 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Jharkhand, then Bihar, to Hiroshima via Victoria -Story of India's deadly boxer Birju Sah |url=https://www.pixstory.com/story/from-jharkhand-then-bihar-to-hiroshima-via-victoria-story-of-india-s-deadly-boxer-birju-sah/47257 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Pixstory |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He had also won many medals in national level games played in the country. He won [[Gold medal|Gold]] (1993 and 1994), [[Silver medal|Silver]] (1999) and [[Bronze medal|Bronze]] (1997) in [[National Games of India|National Games]] and also won Gold medal in [[national championship]] in 1995, 1996 and 1998. He had also won Bronze medal in [[East India Open Championship]] in 2000.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Birju Shah died on 4 September 2022 at the age of 50 years, at [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]]. He was suffering from [[Blood pressure|Blood Pressure]], [[Diabetes]] and [[liver]] related disease.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jharkhand News : अंतरराष्ट्रीय बॉक्सर बिरजू शाह का जमशेदपुर में निधन, खेल जगत में शोक |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/jamshedpur/international-boxer-birju-shah-passed-away-mourning-in-the-sports-world-grj |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=अंतरराष्ट्रीय बॉक्सर बिरजू शाह का जमशेदपुर में निधन |url=https://www.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2022/9/4/International-boxer-Birju-Shah-passes-away-in-Jamshedpur.php |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.hindusthansamachar.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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