Zoramthanga (also known as Zoram Thanga or T. Zoramthanga, born as Run Nawn Thang, 1963[1] – 9 February 2005) was an Indian amateur boxer. He is remembered as the first Indian boxer to win a bronze medal at the Boxing World Cup.[2]
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| Birth name | Run Nawn Thang | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||
| Born | 1963 Selawn, Falam, Chin State, Burma | |||||||||||
| Died | 9 February 2005 Aizawl, Mizoram, India | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editZoramthanga was born Run Nawn to a Chin family in Selawn village near the town of Falam in Chin State, Myanmar. His family moved to Tithim village near Tahan-Kalaymyo. There he joined the Myanmar Army and took up boxing.[3][4]
Career
editHe began his career in 1985 and won a gold medal at the Mizoram-Myanmar Border Champhai Meet. He participated in several national and international boxing championships for Mizoram and India.[1]
He participated at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow in 1989, where he reached the quarter finals, before losing to Rogelio Marcelo.[5]
As a flyweight, he represented India at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. In his first bout, he defeated Pupuke Robati of the Cook Islands before losing his second fight to Nokuthula Tshabangu of Zimbabwe.[6]
His greatest success came at the 6th Boxing World Cup in Mumbai in 1990, where he won a bronze medal in the light flyweight category. He defeated Jin Yang of South Korea on points in the preliminaries, and Paul Weir of Scotland in the quarterfinals, also on points. He lost to eventual champion Eric Griffin of United States in the semi-finals on points. However, unlike most amateur boxing tournaments, the Boxing World Cup had a third place play-off to decide the bronze medal position. Zoramthanga defeated fellow Indian boxer Dhamendar Yadav 17–4 on points to clinch the bronze medal.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Indian boxer passes away. Telegraphindia.com (10 February 2005). Retrieved on 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Speech of Shri Pu Swaraj Kaushal, Governor of Mizoram to the 2nd Mizoram State Legislative Assembly on 16th March, 1991". neportal.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ The great Chin boxer Zoramthanga died; The Chinland guardian. 10 February 2005
- ^ The Hindu: Zoramthanga passes away[usurped]. The Hindu (10 February 2005). Retrieved on 13 April 2014.
- ^ "5.World Championships - Moscow, Soviet Union - September 17 - October 1 1989". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "14.Commonwealth Games - Auckland, New Zealand - January 24 - February 3 1990". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ Amateur boxing records. Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl (12 February 2014). Retrieved on 13 April 2014.
External links
edit- Zoramthanga at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
