Lovlina Borgohain was born on 2 October 1997 and is an Indian boxer.
17 Facts About Lovlina Borgohain
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Lovlina Borgohain won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in the women's welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics.
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Lovlina Borgohain won gold medal at 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships and bronze medals at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships and the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
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Lovlina Borgohain was born on 2 October 1997, and hails from the Golaghat district of Assam.
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Lovlina Borgohain's father Tiken is a small-scale businessman and struggled financially to support his daughter's ambition.
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Lovlina Borgohain was noticed and selected by renowned Coach Padum Chandra Bodo at the SAI STC Guwahati from 2012 to learn basics of boxing and to achieve the excellence in boxing.
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Lovlina Borgohain won gold medal at the 1st India Open International Boxing Tournament in New Delhi and silver medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament in Guwahati.
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Lovlina Borgohain found out about her selection after the story broke at a major media outlet.
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Lovlina Borgohain had won the bronze medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Vietnam in November 2017 and the bronze medal at the President's Cup held in Astana in June 2017.
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Lovlina Borgohain later won a silver medal at the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia in June 2018 and a bronze medal at the 13th International Silesian Championship in Poland in September 2018.
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Lovlina Borgohain represented India for the first time at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, held in New Delhi, where she won the bronze medal in the welterweight category on 23 November 2018.
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Lovlina Borgohain is the first female athlete and the second boxer from Assam to represent the state in the Olympics.
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Lovlina Borgohain defeated the German boxer Nadine Apetz in the primary rounds and on 30 July 2021, she defeated Taiwan's Chen Nien-chin and which assured her a medal.
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Lovlina Borgohain is a girl who is very attached to her family, to her fellow citizens.
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Lovlina Borgohain had again defeated former world champion Chen Nien-Chin in the first round.
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In 2019, Lovlina Borgohain signed up with sports management firm Infinity Optimal Solutions which will handle her endorsements and commercial interests.
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In 2022, Lovlina Borgohain was appointed as deputy superintendent of police by Assam Government.