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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian boxer}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}<br /> {{for|the flyweight boxer|Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer)}}<br /> {{BLP sources|date=July 2013}}<br /> {{Infobox sportsperson<br /> |birth_date=1977<br /> |birth_place=<br /> |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men’s [[Boxing]]}}<br /> {{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br /> {{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br /> {{MedalSilver| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | Middleweight}}<br /> {{MedalBronze| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | Middleweight}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Jitender Kumar&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 1977) is an [[India]]n [[Boxing|boxer]] who has medaled twice at [[Commonwealth Games]] and represented India in both the 2000 and 2004 [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/ind/Jitender+Kumar/90042472004 Olympic games]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Biography==<br /> Jitender Kumar hails from [[Bhiwani]], [[Haryana]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} He was trained at [[Sports Authority of India]] facility in Bhiwani under coach [[Jagdish Singh (boxer)|Jagdish Singh]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}<br /> <br /> ==Career==<br /> Kumar represented India at two consecutive [[Summer Olympics]], starting with the [[middleweight]] category in the [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games]]. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he lost to [[John Pearce (boxer)|John Pearce]] in the finals. In the 2002 commonwealth games, he lost to [[Oscar Williamson]] in the semi-finals.&lt;ref&gt;[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/boxing/newsid_2167000/2167221.stm Commonwealth Games 2002]&lt;/ref&gt; In the national circuit, he fought in the [[heavyweight]] category as well. He was awarded the [[Arjuna award]] in 1999. Kumar qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place at the [[1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament]] in [[Guangzhou]], [[PR China]]. In the final he lost to South Korea&#039;s [[Song Hak-Seong]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Jitender}}<br /> [[Category:Indian male boxers]]<br /> [[Category:Middleweight boxers]]<br /> [[Category:1977 births]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]<br /> [[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]<br /> [[Category:Olympic boxers of India]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing]]<br /> [[Category:Boxers from Haryana]]<br /> [[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-boxing-bio-stub}}</div>

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