Lovlina Borgohain To Nikhat Zareen: Know Your Indian Women Boxers At Olympics 2024

Four Indian women boxers will be fighting for glory at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In Tokyo 2020, Lovlina Borgohain was the only boxer to bring home a medal for India, winning bronze in the welterweight category. Lovlina will be competing in Paris again, but India's hopes also rest on another medal prospect. Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (women's 50kg) will be marking her Olympic debut in Paris. We bring you the profile of the four Indian women pugilists at the Summer Games.

Nikhat Zareen (50 kg)

Date of Birth: 14-06-1996

Place of Birth: Nizamabad, Telangana

Style: Orthodox

Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen is amongst the current crop of boxers to have flourished at the international stage. With her slew of wins as a teenager and a promising career to look forward to, she was soon struck by a tragedy. The 2011 world junior champion snapped her shoulder in 2017 during an Inter-University Championships bout, forcing her out of the ring for nearly a year.

While the Nizamabad-based pugilist broke all barriers to become the first Muslim girl to take up boxing professionally and represent India, staying away from the ring for almost a year was the toughest phase of her life so far.

Nikhat participated in two international tournaments in 2024 winning the silver medal in 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament and a gold medal in the Elorda Cup 2024.

With all international accolades already in her cabinet Nikhat will look to complete her Olympic dream in Paris.

Achievements:

2024: Gold medal at Elorda Cup 2024, Kazakhstan.

2024: Silver medal at 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament, Bulgaria

2023: Bronze medal at Asian Games, Hangzhou, China

2023: Gold medal at World Championships, New Delhi, India

2022: Gold medal at