Boxing Players Of India Olympics 2008

Magic of Kumars in Olympics 2008

Akhil Kumar

Birthdate: March 27, 1981

Weight: 119 lbs (54 kg)

Height: 5’4” (1.65 m)

Age: 27 years

Gender: Male

Jitender Kumar

Jitender Kumar belongs to Bhiwani, Haryana.

He has taken his basic training in SAI Bhiwani from Jagdish Singh.

At the Commonwealth Games 1998 he lost to John Pearce, in 2002 at the semis to Steven Birch.

Nationally he has fought as high as heavyweight.

 He was awarded Arjuna award in 1999.

Vijender Kumar

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Vijender fought in the welterweight division, but lost to Mustafa Karagollu of Turkey by 20-25.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he beats England's Neil Perkins in the semis but lost to South Africa's Bongani Mwelase, who went on to win the gold.

He went up a class and competed in the Middleweight (-75 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games winning the bronze medal in a lost semifinal round against Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Artayev 24-29.