Jaismine Lamboria

Jaismine Lamboria
Personal information
Born (2001-08-30) 30 August 2001
Bhiwani district, Haryana, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Military career
Branch
 Indian Army
Service years
2022-
Rank
Naib Subedar
UnitCorps of Military Police
Sport
SportBoxing
Featherweight
Medal record
Women's boxing
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 0
World Boxing Cup 2 0 0
Commonwealth Games 1 0 1
Asian Championships 0 0 1
Total 4 0 2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Liverpool57 kg
World Boxing Cup
Gold medal – first place2025 Astana57 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 New Delhi57 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Glasgow57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 BirminghamLightweight
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 DubaiFeatherweight
Asian Elite Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Ulaanbaatar57 kg

Jaismine Lamboria (born 30 August 2001) is an Indian boxer. She is a Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. She represented India in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won gold medals at the 2025 World Boxing Championships and the 2025 World Boxing Cup in the 57 kg category. She won the gold medal in the 57 kg category at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and the bronze medal in the lightweight category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Early life

Jaismine Lamboria was born on 30 August 2001 in Bhiwani of Haryana.[1][2] Her late great-grandfather Hawa Singh was an accomplished boxer, winning gold medals in the heavyweight category at the 1966 and the 1970 Asian Games.[3] Her grandfather Chander Bhan Lamboriya was a wrestler. She was initially trained in boxing by her uncles Sandeep Singh and Parvinder Singh, who were also boxers.[4][5] In 2022, she became the first woman boxer to join the Indian Army. She joined as a havildar in the Corps of Military Police,[6][7] and was later promoted to Naib Subedar.[8]

Career

Lamboria won the bronze medal in the 57 kg category in the 2021 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Dubai.[9] In the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the lightweight category.[10] She represented India in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11]

In the 2025 World Boxing Cup, Lamboria won the gold medal in the 57 kg category in the second stage in Astana,[12] and in the finals in New Delhi.[13] In the 2025 World Boxing Championships held in Liverpool in September 2025, she won the gold medal in the 57 kg category.[14] In the quarter-finals of the women's 57 kg event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, she defeated England's Elise Glynnto advance to the semi-finals.[15] In the semi-finals, she defeated Rapelang Masalele of Lesotho to progress to the finals.[16] In the finals, she defeated Michaela Walsh of Northern Ireland by an unanimous decision to win the gold medal.[17]

At the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow, Lamboria — the reigning world champion and world number 1, won gold in the women's 57kg category, defeating Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh by a unanimous 5-0 decision, upgrading the bronze she had won at Birmingham 2022[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Jaismine Jaismine". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "India at CWG 2022: Jaismine Lamboria's journey from Bhiwani to Birmingham". Firstpost. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ↑ www.espn.in https://www.espn.in/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/49503666/commonwealth-games-2026-india-boxing-gold-medal-rush-sakshi-preeti-jaismine-priya-arundhati-lovlina-jadumani-sachin-ankush-narender-silver. Retrieved 1 August 2026. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Selvaraj, Jonathan (12 June 2022). "Behind Jaismine Lamboria's rise to CWG boxing team are her national champion uncles". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jaismine Lamboria: Latest boxing sensation from India's 'Little Cuba' Bhiwani". News9. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Jaismine Lamboria: The Indian Army's first woman boxer is now chasing Commonwealth gold". BBC News. 26 July 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Bhiwani's young boxer makes her mark in the world ring". Hindustan Times. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "From Bhiwani to Boxing Glory: Naib Subedar Jaismine Lamboria Leads Army's New Storytelling Series". The Statesman. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Mary Kom settles for silver, Pooja Rani takes gold at Asian Boxing Championships". Olympics.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "CWG 2022: Jaismine wins bronze in women's 60kg boxing". ESPN. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "List of qualified Indian players for Paris Olympics 2024". The Economic Times. 8 July 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "World Boxing Cup Kazakhstan 2025: Jaismine Lamboria, Sakshi and Nupur win gold as India finish with 11 medals - all winners". Olympics.com. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Home nation India tops the medal table with nine golds on superb final day of action at World Boxing Cup Finals – Greater Noida 2025". World Boxing. 20 November 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "World Boxing Championships 2025: Jaismine Lamboria, Minakshi Hooda strike gold as India finish with four medals". Olympics.com. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "Five wins, nine medals assured! India's boxing stars deliver flawless day at CWG 2026". The Times of India. 29 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Boxing results, 31 July". 2026 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Boxing results, 1 August". 2026 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Jaismine Lamboria 2026 Common Wealth Games".
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