Nitu Ghanghas is an Indian boxer who won gold in the women’s minimum weight category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. The 21-year-old is a two-time world youth champion in light featherweight.
Ghanghas was born on October 19, 2000 in the Dhanana Village of Bhiwani district in Haryana. She travelled 20 kilometres by bus with her father and fellow boxer Sakshi Choudhary to the Bhiwani Boxing Club in order to practise with coach Jagdish Singh. The boxer, who began her career in 2012, has mostly competed in the 48 kg division. She competed in regional events in 2012, but it took her five years to get her first medal. In Guwahati in the AIBA tournament, she took home her first medal.
She went on to win the Asian Youth Boxing Championship Gold Medal in 2018. Due to injury, Ghanghas did not compete for two years. The boxer made her comeback in 2022.
Nitu Ghanghas’ father Jai Bhawani Singh is a bill messenger at Haryana Vidha Sabha House and mother Mukesh Devi is a homemaker. She has a younger brother named Akshit Ghanghas.
Ghanghas will attend a national camp in Rohtak, which is being held to prepare the Indian team for the AIBA Youth Women’s and Men’s World Boxing Championships (August).
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Achievements of Nitu Ghangas:
2022: Gold at CWG, Birmingham
2022: Gold at Strandja Memorial tournament, Bulgaria
2018: Youth Women World Championships, Budapest, Hungary: Gold
2018: Golden Glove of Vojvodina Youth Men & Women Boxing Tournament; Serbia: Gold
2018: Youth Women Nationals; Rohtak: Gold
2018: Asian Youth Championships; Bangkok: Gold
2017: Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships; Guwahati: Gold
2017: Balkan Youth International Boxing Championship; Sofia, Bulgaria: Gold
2016: Youth Women Nationals: Bronze
Ghanghas defeated Demie-Jade of England in the women’s 48kg final to win the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
