SARITA DEVI
Date of Birth: March 1982
Place of Birth: ThoubalKhunou, Manipur
Style: Orthodox
Hailing from Manipur, Sarita Devi is another boxing legend like Mary Kom. Sarita has to her credit five Asian titles besides being a World Champion. She made headlines following her 2014 Asian Games controversial final loss, but by far the most reputed and successful in Indian boxing.
The Arjuna Awardee, who has spent over a decade and a half in boxing, was elected in 2018 as a representative of women boxers in India to the national federation’s executive council. This is one of the highlights of her boxing career. She picked silver at the Indian Open International championships in New Delhi in January this year and represented India at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Sarita has the rare distinction of winning five medals, including four gold and silver in five different weight categories at the Asian championships. She reached the pre quarter final of the 20th AIBA World Championships held in New Delhi. She won a gold medal at the second edition of India Open and
dedicated it to her mother who passed away recently.
Achievements:
- 2019: 2nd India Open, Guwahati, Assam: Gold
- 2019: Asian Championships, Bangkok, Thailand: Bronze
- 2018: 20th AIBA Women’s Wolrd Championship, Delhi: Pre Quarter Final
- 2018: Indian Open International Championships, New Delhi: Silver
- 2018: Sr. National Women’s Boxing Championships, Rohtak: Gold
- 2017: Asian Women’s Boxing Championships, Vietnam: Bronze
- 2016: China Invitational tournament: Silver
- 2016: South Asian Games: Gold
- 2014: Glasgow Commonwealth Games: Silver
- 2014: Asian Games, Incheon, South Korea: Bronze
- 2010: 5th Asian Women’s Boxing Championships, Kazakhstan: Gold
- 2009: 4th Indoor Asian Games, Hanoi, Vietnam: Silver
- 2009: World Police and Fire Games, British Columbia, Canada: Gold
- 2009: Federation Cup Women Boxing Championship, Erode, TN: Gold
- 2008: AIBA World Women’s Boxing Championship, Ningbo City, China: Bronze
- 2008: 9th Senior Women National Boxing Championships, Agra, UP: Gold
- 2007: National Games Guwahati, Assam: Gold
- 2007: SRM Federation Cup, SRM University Campus, TN: Gold
- 2007: 8th Sr. Women National Championship, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand: Gold
- 2005: WITCH Cup International Women’s Boxing Tournament, Hungary: Silver
- 2005: 3rd World Women’s Boxing Championship, Norway: Silver
- 2005: Venus International Women’s Boxing Championship, Russia: Gold
- 2005: 4th Women’s World Boxing Championship, New Delhi: Gold
- 2005: ASBC 4th Asian Women Boxing Championship, Guwahati: Gold
- 2005: 6th Sr.Women National Championship, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand: Gold
- 2004: DSF Indian Amateur Boxing Championship, Dubai: Gold
- 2004: 5th Sr.Women National Championship, Kokrajhar, Assam: Silver
- 2003, Ahmet Comet International Women’s Boxing Championship, Turkey: Bronze
- 2003: 2nd Asian Women’s Boxing Championships, Hissar, India: Gold
- 2003: 3rd Sr. Women National Championship, Aizawl, Mizoram: Gold
- 2002: National Games, Hyderabad: Gold
- 2001: 1st Asian Women’s Boxing Championship, Bangkok, Thailand: Silver
- 2001: 1st Women’s National Championship, Chennai, TN: Gold