{{short description|Indian boxer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox boxer | name = Paramjeet Samota | image =XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010.jpg | caption = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Boxing Heavy Weight 91Kg Event Samota Paramjeet of India won the Gold Medal, at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on October on October 13, 2010. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|7|5}} | birth_place = Dinod village,<ref name="Sharma, 2010">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Nitin |title=Family search for tickets as Paramjeet makes final |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/family-search-for-tickets-as-paramjeet-makes-final/696078/ |accessdate=8 December 2017 |work=The Indian Express |date=12 October 2010 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160920113642/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/family-search-for-tickets-as-paramjeet-makes-final/696078/ |archivedate=20 September 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Bhiwani district | height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | nationality = Indian | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing}} {{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }} {{MedalBronze|2010 Guangzhou|Super heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalGold| 2010 Delhi|Super heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2009 Zhuhai|Super-heavyweight}} {{MedalBronze| 2011 Incheon|Heavyweight}} }} '''Paramjeet Samota''' (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight.
==Early life== Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani.<ref name="Sharma, 2010"/>
==Career== Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/104554/pugilists-sign-off-high.html|title=Pugilists sign off on a high|last=Unnikrishnan|first=G.|date=13 October 2010|work=Deccan Herald|accessdate=13 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Games 2010|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9087545.stm|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 March 2016|date=13 October 2010|quote=Paramjeet Samota added a third gold medal for India in the super-heavyweight category, comfortably defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1.}}</ref> In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10–18 March 2010, he, along with five other fellow Indians, won a gold medal, defeating New Zealand's Joseph Parker 7-3.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/58501/F |title=Indians make clean sweep to bag overall title |date=17 March 2010|work=Deccan Herald|accessdate=13 March 2016|quote=Earlier, the day started perfectly for the Indians when Samota eked out a hard-fought 7-3 triumph over New Zealand's Joseph Parker}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-17/boxing/28144013_1_vijender-singh-paramjeet-samota-olympian-dinesh-kumar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065535/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-17/boxing/28144013_1_vijender-singh-paramjeet-samota-olympian-dinesh-kumar|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=India claim overall title in Commonwealth Boxing Championship|date=17 March 2010|work=The Times of India|accessdate=16 October 2010}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in the Men's Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Zhang Zhilei.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vikas, Dinesh in finals; Suranjoy, Samota get bronze in Asiad|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/16th-asian-games-2010/india-news/Vikas-Dinesh-in-finals-Suranjoy-Samota-get-bronze-in-Asiad/articleshow/6981612.cms|accessdate=26 November 2010|newspaper=The Times of India|date=24 November 2010}}</ref>
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