Legacy
All-time Olympic boxing champions and medalists — India’s pride on the world stage.
Beijing · 2008
75 kg / Middleweight · India
Vijender Singh is one of India's most successful and celebrated boxers. He won India's first Olympic boxing medal in the middleweight category with a bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He later won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games and represented India at three Olympic Games.
London · 2011
51 kg / Flyweight · India
Mary Kom, popularly known as “Magnificent Mary,” is one of India's greatest boxers. She won a bronze medal in the women's 51 kg flyweight category at the London 2012 Olympic Games and became the first Indian woman boxer to win an Asian Games gold medal in 2014. She is also a six-time World Boxing Champion and one of the most decorated female boxers in history.
Tokyo · 2020
69 kg / Welterweight · India
Lovlina Borgohain is one of India's leading international boxers and an Olympic bronze medallist. She won the bronze medal in the women's 69 kg welterweight category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. She later moved to the 75 kg category and won the 2023 World Boxing Championships gold medal. Lovlina has represented India at multiple Olympic Games and remains one of the country's most successful female boxers.
Sydney · 2000
81 kg / Light-Heavyweight · India
Gurcharan Singh is a former Indian Olympic boxer and two-time Olympian who competed in the 81 kg Light-Heavyweight division. He represented India at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. At Sydney 2000, he reached the Olympic quarter-finals and finished 8th overall. He also won a bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.
Olympic Games: Beijing · 2008
54 kg / Bantamweight · India
Akhil Kumar is a former Indian Olympic boxer who represented India at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. At Beijing 2008, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's 54 kg Bantamweight category and finished 5th overall. He was also a Commonwealth Games gold medallist and a recipient of the Arjuna Award.
Olympic Games: Beijing · 2008
51 kg / Flyweight · India
Jitender Kumar is a former Indian flyweight boxer who represented India at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Born in Sisar, Haryana, he reached the Olympic quarter-finals in the 51 kg category and finished 5th overall. Before his Olympic appearance, he won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and earned international recognition through his performances at the Asian Championships.
Olympic Games: Paris · 2024
71 kg / Welterweight · India
Nishant Dev is an Indian Olympic boxer from Haryana who represented India at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the men's 71 kg Welterweight division. He reached the Olympic quarter-finals and finished =5th overall, narrowly missing out on an Olympic medal.
Olympic Games: London · 2012
49 kg / Light-Flyweight · India
Devendro Singh Laishram is a former Indian Olympic boxer from Manipur who represented India at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the 49 kg Light-Flyweight division. He reached the Olympic quarter-finals and finished 5th overall. He earned his Olympic qualification after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku.
Olympic Games: Rio · 2016
75 kg / Middleweight · India
Vikas Krishan Yadav is a three-time Indian Olympian and one of India's leading amateur boxers of his generation. Born in Haryana, he won gold at the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category, reached the Olympic quarter-finals at Rio 2016 in the 75 kg Middleweight division and won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He also won medals at the Asian Games and World Championships and received the Arjuna Award.
Olympic Games: Tokyo · 2020
+91 kg / Super-Heavyweight · India
Satish Kumar Yadav is a former Indian Olympic boxer and Indian Army sportsperson who became the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games in the Super-Heavyweight category. At Tokyo 2020, he reached the Olympic quarter-finals and finished =5th overall. He also won a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games and a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Olympic Games: Tokyo · 2020
75 kg / Middleweight · India
Pooja Rani Bohra is a former Indian Olympic boxer and two-time Asian champion from Haryana. She represented India at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the 75 kg Middleweight division, reaching the quarter-finals and finishing 5th overall. She also won bronze at the 2014 Asian Games and gold at the 2019 Asian Boxing Championships.
