Hawa Singh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hawa Singh

Indian boxer

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1937

Place of Birth: Umarwas, Haryana, India

Date of Death: 14-Aug-2000

Profession: boxer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Hawa Singh

  • Captain Hawa Singh (16 December 1937 in Umarwas, Haryana – 14 August 2000, in Bhiwani, Haryana) was an Indian Heavyweight boxer, who dominated Indian and Asian amateur boxing for a decade in his weight class.
  • He won the Asian Games gold medal in Heavyweight category in consecutive editions of the games in the 1966 Asiad and the 1970 Asiad both held in Bangkok, Thailand - a feat unmatched by any Indian boxer to date (August 2008).
  • He won the National Championships in the Heavyweight category a record 11 consecutive times — from 1961 to 1972.

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