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Paramjeet Samota

Indian boxer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ7135260
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Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.

Early life

Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani.

Career

Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1. In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3. He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.

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