Profile: Manoj Kumar
Despite winning medals consistently, Manoj Kumar couldn't hog the limelight like some other boxing stars. But that was until he won the Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
- NDTVSports
- Updated: July 20, 2012 09:43 PM IST
Sport: Boxing
Age: 25
Event: Light welterweight
About Manoj Kumar
Despite winning medals consistently, Manoj Kumar couldn't hog the limelight like some other boxing stars. But that was until he won the Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The 25-year old boxer from Haryana first tasted the success when he won Silver medal in YMCA Boxing Tournament in 2003. In 2004, he won a gold medal in the same competition. Same year he clinched a bronze medal in Russian Junior International Tournament in 2004.
In 2007, Manoj won a gold medal at the 10th YMCA International Boxing Tournament and a bronze medal at the Asian Boxinng Championships.
He had also qualified for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 as finished with a bronze in the qualifying event. However, he failed to do much in Beijing.