Kavita Chahal (born 8 April 1985) is a 5' 9" tall heavyweight Indian female boxer and recipient of the highest world ranking 2 from 2012 to 2014 (AIBA Ranking - 11 in 2016) from the village Nimri which resides in the Bhiwani district, Haryana. In recognition of her achievements, the Government of India presented Chahal with the Arjuna Award in 2013. Chahal is the first female boxer from Haryana to be presented with the Arjuna Award. Chahal is a twice-consecutive World Championship medallist, 3 Time Gold medalist in World Police Games. 4-Time Asian championship, Asian cup medallist. With 9 gold medals, she is a record holder in women's national championship boxing. She is a 5-time gold medallist in the Federation Cup, and 7-times Gold medalist in all india police games 2012 to 2018. Chahal 3-time gold medallist in the Inter-zonal Super Cup championship.
Early life Kavita was born to Sh. Bhup Singh and Ramesh Devi on 8 April 1985 at Nimri in the Bhiwani district of Haryana (India). Bhiwani is a well-known area in national boxing and also known for the amateur-turned professional boxer Vijender Singh.
Her initial training at boxing was handled by her father Bhup Singh, also a boxer. Once she had progressed, she then went on to train at the Bhiwani Boxing Club under the coach Jagdish Singh, who also handles the training of the Indian Ace Male Pugilist.
After winning medals and accolades for her state, and India, she went on to also become the first female boxer of Haryana state to be presented with the Arjun Award in 2013.
International achievements SNTournamentYearVenueResult1World Women Boxing Championship16-24 November 2014Jeju City, Korea5th23rd Nations Cup12 January 2014SerbiaBronze3World Police Games1-10 Aug 2013IrelandGold47th World Women‟s Boxing Championship9-20 May 2012ChinaBronze56th Asian Women‟s Boxing Championship16-26 March 2012MongoliaBronze61st Asian Cup Women's Boxing Tournament7-8 May 2011Haikou, ChinaBronze76th World Women Boxing Championship7-19 September 2010Barbados, West indiesBronze85th Asian Women Boxing Championship23-31 May 2010Astana, KazakisthanBronze9International Prime Ministry Boxing Tournament7 to 11 April 2010TurkeyBronze10International Prime Ministry Boxing Tournament2009TurkeyQF114th ASIAN WOMEN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP2008GuwahatiSilver12DUAL TRAINING AND COMPETITION2008CanadaSilver
National level achievements S.NoTournamentDateVenuePosition1All India Police Games1 March 2015 to 5 March 2015New DelhiGold21st Monnet Elite Women National Boxing Championship11-16 October 2014Raipur, ChhattisgarhGold314th Senior Women National Boxing Championship18 May 2013 to 23 May 2013UttrakhandGold413th Senior Women National Boxing Championship25 Nov. 2012 to 29 Nov. 2012Guwahati, AssamGold561st All India Police GamesNov. 2012DelhiGold660th All India Police GamesMarch 2012DelhiGold74th Inter Zonal Women's National Boxing Championship12 to 15 July 2012AndhrapradeshGold8All India UniversitiesJanuary 2011UdaipurGold93rd Inter Zonal National Women Boxing Championship2011PuducherryGold1012th Sr. Women Boxing Championship2011BhopalGold1134th Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship2011NanitalGold121st Interzonal National Women Boxing Championship2010Tirupur (Tamil Nadu)Gold1333rd Federation Cup Boxing Championship18 to 21 November 2010NainitalGold1410th Sr. Women national Boxing Championship2009JamshedpurGold15N.C. Sharma Memorial Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship2009Gold16Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship2009Tamil NaduGold179th Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipNovember 2008AgraGold18Vizag Steel Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipJune 2008VishakhapatnamGold19SRM Federation Cup 20072007Kattankulathur, Kanchipuran (Tamil Nadu)Gold201st All India Women Sr. Boxing Championship2006NainitalGold2111th Senior Women National Boxing Championship5 to 10 December 2010ThrissurSilver227th Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipDecember 2006VishakhakapatnamSilver2334th National Games in Jharkhand17 to 24 February 2011JharkhandBronze248th Sr. Women National Boxing Championship2007RudarpurBronze2533rd National Games2007GuwahatiBronze
National level records S. No.TournamentDateVenuePosition11st Monnet Elite Women National Boxing Championship11-16 October 2014Raipur, ChhattisgarhGold214th Senior Women National Boxing Championship18 May 2013 to 23 May 2013UttrakhandGold313th Senior Women National Boxing Championship25 Nov. 2012 to 29 Nov. 2012Guwahati, AssamGold412th Sr. Women Boxing Championship2011BhopalGold510th Sr. Women national Boxing Championship2009JamshedpurGold69th Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipNovember 2008AgraGold7Vizag Steel Sr. Women National Boxing ChampionshipJune 2008VishakhapatnamGold81st All India Women Sr. Boxing Championship2006NainitalGold
Career best AIBA rankings (81+ KG)
EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 1, 2012WORLD
RANKINGNAMECOUNTRYPOINTSPREVIOUS
RANKING1LI, YunfeiCHINA270012KavitaINDIA170033YARALI, SemsiTURKEY155024KUNGEIBAYEVA, LazzatKAZAKHSTAN140085SINETSKAY, IrinaRUSSIA130076VERNIC, DanijelaCROATIA950147SHAMBIR, KaterynaUKRAINE950118KUZHEL, KaterynaUKRAINE80049CABRERA, ErikaBRAZIL800510KRYLOVA, ViktoriyaRUSSIA800611PEREZ, VictoriaUSA600912HAKHVERDYAN, SonaSWEDEN6001013BALJINNYAM, BadamkhandMONGOLIA5001214KILIC, BurcuTURKEY5001315UKHARYOVA, OxanaKAZAKHSTAN4501516SZATMARI, PetraHUNGARY400-17RICO, DeniseUSA4001618SLOWIK, AnnaPOLAND3901719HOSU, AdrianaROMANIA3501820PAWLOWSKA, IzabelaPOLAND3001921GHERGHEL, DianaROMANIA250-
Awards and recognitions Arjun Award in 2013 Bhim Award in 2014
References
External links Haryana Boxing Profile Kavita Chahal- Success Story