Devendro Singh
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Devendro Singh Laishram | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||
| Born |
2 March 1992 Imphal West district, Manipur, India |
||||||||||||
| Residence | Manipur, India | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Boxer light-flyweight | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Country |
 India
|
||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Light flyweight | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | M.Narjit Singh Sandhu Singh |
||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
|||||||||||||
Devendro Singh Laishram (born 2 March 1992), also known as Devendro Singh or Devendro Laishram, is an Indian boxer from Imphal West district, Manipur who competes in the light-flyweight division. Devendro represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics and lost out in the quarter finals in a tough bout against the eventual bronze medalist Irish boxer Paddy Barnes. Devendro qualified for the Olympics after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku. In 2013 Devendro won the silver medal at the Asian Confederation Boxing Championship. In August 2014 he won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He competed against Paddy Barnes, who was representing Northern Ireland and settled for a Silver medal.
Devendro is a strong contender for India for the 2016 Olympics. He is supported by Olympic Gold Quest
Devendro was born in Imphal West district, Manipur, India, to parents Jugindro Singh and Maklembi Devi. His sister, Laishram Sushila Devi, is a former international boxing champion. Sushila helps her brother with his training.India Today quoted him as saying: "I have a supportive family at home. My sister Sushila does the job of an analyst for me. She watches all my bouts and those of my prospective opponents on YouTube and helps me in strategising."
Qualification for the boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics was based on the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Individual Championships, 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships and five Continental Olympic Qualifying Events. 92 places were reserved from World Amateur Boxing Championships, held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 22 September 2011 to 10 October 2011, from which the top 10 pugilists from different National Olympic Committees in each weight class qualified for the Games. He was coached by the Manipur State Boxing Coach M. Narjit Singh and Indian Boxing Coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu.
...
Wikipedia