Zareen Jameel was just 14 years old when she won the World Youth Boxing Championship. She was born in Nizamabad, Telangana, to former footballer and cricketer Mohammad Jameel. Zareen was exposed to boxing by her uncle Shamsuddin, a boxing coach. She began training at the juvenile age of thirteen. Her father had wished for one of her four children to take up a sport. Zareen has brought pride to the entire country. And, yeah, she was the top trending topic on Twitter the other night. Everyone from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to billionaire businessman Anand Mahindra congratulated the 25-year-old boxer on her great achievement on Twitter.


Zareen began her training as a youngster at the Sports Authority of India in Visakhapatnam, where she was coached by I.V. Rao, a Dronacharya awardee. At the age of 14, she won her first-ever gold medal in the National Sub-Junior Meet in Erode, thanks to her zeal, athletic ability, and hard effort. This was only the start of her illustrious career. Zareen’s next gold medal came at the AIBA Women’s Junior and Youth World Boxing Championships in Turkey in 2011. She won gold at the Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament in Serbia in 2014. She earned a silver medal at the Youth World Boxing Championships in Bulgaria the same year.


Zareen took first place in the 16th Senior Women’s National Boxing Championship in Assam in 2015. In the All India Inter-University Boxing Championship in Jalandhar, she was named Best Boxer. Zareen was left behind as India sent its largest Olympic contingent of nine boxers to the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

The outstanding boxer won a gold medal at the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2022, after defeating three-time European Championships medalist Tetiana Kob of Ukraine. Zareen also defeated Buse Naz akrolu, a Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, in the tournament’s semi-finals.


Zareen’s father, Jameel, told The Indian Express that he had to relocate to Nizamabad from Saudi Arabia because boxing required his daughter to wear shorts and training shirts. “They would advise Nikhat not to wear shorts,” Jameel told the English daily. “Today she is a world champion.” The young boxer’s journey of defying societal expectations and earning a name for herself on a global stage is incredibly inspirational. We congratulate her on her accomplishments and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors. You’ve got it, girl!

Source- lifestyleasia