Satish Kumar has won the hearts of many after losing thequarter-finals and people are all over social media congratulating him for hisvictorious performance, and the brave decision he took to fight even afterhaving got 13 stitches. Born in Uttar Pradesh, this man risks his life for thiscountry, India.
So here are some interesting facts about Satish Kumar:
1. He is the first Indian super heavyweight boxer toreach Olympics under the 91 kg category.
2. He belongs to a farming family and had no plans ofjoining sports.
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3. His dream was to be a part of the Indian Army, andserved the nation as a Sepoy.
4. He was spotted by the boxing coaches, due to his extraordinaryheight and asked him to try the sport.
5. He didn’t even know what boxing was and used to thinkthat WWE was boxing, and that he had heard about Undertaker and John Cena.
6. He entered boxing officially at the age of 21 but startedtraining at 19 years.
7. The first medal won by him was silver in 2011 at theSenior National Boxing Championships held in Chennai.
8. His first international gold medal was in the CzechRepublic at the Grand Prix Ustinad Labem.
9. His international debut was made at the 2013 WorldChampionships.
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10. He is married to Savita Kumar and has 2 children, onein grade 1 and the other in 2nd.
11. He was qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, wherein heshowed all his strength even when he was not fit for playing the quarterfinalsas he had 7 stitches on his chin, and 6 on his forehead. Though his wife andfather told him not to play he didn’t give up and wanted to fight.
He says, “That’s the whole idea of being a sportsperson.You don’t give up, you never give up.”