Auto Driver’s Daughter – win Gold Medal
For 16-year-old Sandeep Kaur, an up-and-coming boxer from Hassanpur village in Patiala district, Punjab, the challenges were both economic and societal. Her father Sardar Jasvir Singh drives an auto rickshaw through the streets of Patiala to provide for his family. Despite his meagre earnings, he made sure that they never went hungry.
With Sandeep winning the gold medal in the 52 kg (junior) category at the 13th International Silesian Boxing Championships in Poland after she overpowered Poland’s Karolina Ampuska in the final with a dominating 5-0 margin, those efforts have finally borne fruit. For Sandeep, however, the inspiration to take up boxing came from her uncle Simranjit, who would practice the sport at an academy set up in a nearby village.
Source: https://www.thebetterindia.com/160274/sandeep-kaur-boxing-gold-punjab-news/
