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{{Infobox boxer (amateur)<br />
| name = Laishram Sarita<br />
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| fullname = Sarita Devi<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|3|1}}<br />
| birth_place = Thoubal khunou, [[Thoubal district|Thoubal]], [[Manipur]], [[India]]<br />
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| height = 168 cm<br />
| weight = 60 kg<br />
| weight_class = [[Lightweight]]<br />
| club = All India Police<br />
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[amateur boxing]]}}<br />
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{{MedalComp|[[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships|2006 New Delhi]]|Light bantamweight}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships|2005 Podolsk]]|Bantamweight}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships|2008 Ningbo]]|Light bantamweight}}<br />
{{MedalComp|[[Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2003 Hisar]]|Bantamweight}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2005 Kaohsiung City]]|Bantamweight}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2008 Guwahati]]|Light bantamweight}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2010 Astana]]|Flyweight}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2012 Ulaanbaatar]]|Lightweight}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2001 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2001 Bangkok]]|Featherweight}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2017 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships|2017 Ho Chi Minh City]]|Light welterweight}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|2019 Bangkok]]|Lightweight}}<br />
{{MedalComp|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[Boxing at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Boxing at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 60 kg|Lightweight]]}}<br />
{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's lightweight|Lightweight]]}}<br />
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'''Laishram Sarita Devi''' (born 1 March 1982) is an [[India]]n boxer from [[Manipur]]. She is a national champion and a former world champion in the [[lightweight]] class.<ref>{{cite web |title=Laishram Sarita Devi defeats Alexandra Kuleshova of Russia in Boxing World Championships |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/boxing/world-champion-laishram-sarita-devi-defeats-alexandra-kuleshova-of-russia |website=sportskeeda.com |date=11 September 2010 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> In 2009, she was awarded [[Arjuna award]] by the government of India for her achievements.<ref name=newstrackindia>{{cite web |title=Mary Kom and Sarita Devi receive Awards |url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/122791 |publisher=newstrackindia |date=14 September 2009}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sarita Devi was born in Khunou Thoubal into a [[Meitei people|Meitei]] [[Hindu]] family, as the sixth of eight siblings. She used to spend her time helping her parents in collecting firewood and in the fields, which helped her build the stamina she has today.<ref name=E-Pao>{{cite web |last=E-Pao! |title=Laishram Sarita Devi - 'Arjuna Award' Awardee in the field of Women Boxing - |url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Profile_of_Manipuri_Personalities.Jimmy_Leivon.Laishram_Sarita_Boxing |work=About Sarita Devi |publisher=E-Pao! |accessdate=8 June 2012}}</ref> Sarita completed her high school in Waithou Mapal High School till the eighth standard and then went to Bal Baidya Mandir, Thoubal to complete her matriculation. She then went to an open-school to complete her twelfth standard to cope with her busy boxing schedule.<ref name=E-Pao /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Devi turned professional in boxing in 2000, inspired by the achievements of [[Muhammad Ali]]. The following year, she represented India at the Asian Boxing Championships in [[Bangkok]], and won a silver medal in her weight class.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woman boxer Laishram Sarita Devi crowned with Arjuna Award |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2009/08/29/womanboxer-laishram-sarita-devi-crowned-with-arjunaaward.html |website=oneindia.in |date=29 August 2009 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> Following this victory, she won medals in various tournaments, including a gold at the [[2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships|2006 World Championships]] in [[New Delhi]]. In 2005, she was offered the post of Sub-Inspector (SI) by the police department of [[Manipur]], for winning a [[bronze medal]] in the 3rd World Women Boxing Championship, [[Russia]] and was promoted to the rank of DSP in February, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Profile_of_Manipuri_Personalities.Jimmy_Leivon.Laishram_Sarita_Boxing |title=profile of sarita }}</ref> She also won the silver medal at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CWG Silver Medallist Boxer Sarita Devi To Quit After Olympics 2016 |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/commonwealth-games-2014/news/228566-cwg-silver-medallist-boxer-sarita-devi-to-quit-after-olympics-2016 |publisher=NDTV |date=20 August 2014 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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She failed to qualify for 2016 [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics]], after losing to Victoria Torres, with a score of 0–3.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/mary-kom-rio-olympics-world-boxing-championship-rio-2016-2792870.html |title=2016 Rio Olympics }}</ref> In 2018, she won Silver Medal at Indian Open International Championships, [[New Delhi]] and bagged a Gold Medal at Sr. National Boxing Championships, [[Rohtak]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Laishram_Sarita_Devi |title=L sarita devi }}</ref> She also won in Women's World Boxing Championship with a split 4-0 verdict against Sandra Diana.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-women-s-world-boxing-rookie-veteran-set-the-tone-2686486 |title=women world championship }}</ref><br />
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==2014 Asian Games controversy==<br />
Devi entered the [[2014 Asian Games]] in [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]], competing in the [[lightweight]] category. With a win margin of 3–0 both in the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals, she entered the semifinals to face [[South Korea]]'s Park Ji-Na on 30 September. After the match, she was handed a 0–3 defeat verdict by the judges of the match, which turned out to be hugely controversial, considering that Devi had knocked Park out in the third round and also a convincing fourth round, before having rained heavy blows on Park throughout the first two rounds.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Asian Games: Sarita Devi loses controversial bout, settles for bronze |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/asian-games-sarita-devi-loses-controversial-bout-settles-for-bronze/1/393454.html |magazine=India Today |date=30 September 2014 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Asian Games 2014: Sarita Devi Loses Controversial Boxing Semifinal, Husband Loses Cool |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230674-asian-games-2014-sarita-devi-loses-controversial-boxing-semifinal-bout |publisher=NDTV |date=30 September 2014 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> Following this, the Indian team lodged a protest against the decision, which was rejected by the [[International Boxing Association (amateur)|AIBA]]'s technical committee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian boxing team protest against Sarita’s loss rejected |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/asian-games-2014-indian-boxing-contingent-files-protest-against-saritas-loss/article6461475.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=1 October 2014 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> At the medal awarding ceremony, Devi refused to accept her bronze medal and handed it over to the silver medallist, Park.<ref>{{cite news |title=Inconsolable Sarita refuses bronze, medal with organisers |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/incheon-asian-games-2014-inconsolable-sarita-refuses-bronze-medal-with-organisers/article6464951.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=1 October 2014 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> However, she accepted the medal later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boxer Sarita Devi Accepts Bronze Medal After Olympic Council of Asia Hearing |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/asian-games-2014/news/230790-sarita-devi-s-asian-games-bronze-reinstated-after-hearing |publisher=NDTV |date=3 October 2014 |accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> This was followed by provisional suspension of her coaches by the AIBA. She was handed a one-year ban by the [[International Boxing Association (amateur)|AIBA]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/sarita-let-off-with-one-year-ban/19613.html |title=Sarita let off with one-year ban |newspaper=The Tribune |date=18 December 2014 |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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