Sachin Siwach (Boxing)
The 17-year-old fighter from Bhiwani became the third Indian boxer to win a gold at theCommonwealth Youth Games this year in the Bahamas. He clinched the gold in the light flyweight (49 kg) category, which had 103 participants.
Earlier in July, he also grabbed a silver medal at the Asian Youth Boxing Championship held in Bangkok.
Siwach was named the Asian Boxing Youth Confederation's best youth boxer of the year in an online poll. Also, Hindustan Times felicitated Siwach by naming him in their Top 30 Under 30 list at the HT Youth Forum.
Edited by Shraishth Jain