Ankushita Boro Biography | Family, Career, Awards

Ankushita Boro is an Indian boxer who competes in boxing at national and international levels. Ankushita comes from the Boro Community in Assam, India. She has won many medals representing Assam in national competitions and India in international ones. Ankushita was named the ‘Best Boxer’ at the AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships.

Ankushita Boro Biography

Full NameAnkushita Boro
ProfessionBoxer
Born6 October 2000 (age 23)
Place of BirthMeghai Jarani, Sonitpur district, Assam
NationalityIndian
Ankushita FatherRakesh Kumar
Ankushita MotherRanjita Boro
EducationDakshin Junior College in Guwahati
Sibling1 (sister)
Marital StatusMarried
SpouseTrideep Borah

Ankushita’s Personal Life

Early Life: Ankushita Boro was born on 6 October 2000, in Meghai Jarani village, Sonitpur district, Assam, India. Her parents are Rakesh Kumar, a primary school teacher on probation, and Ranjita, who works at an NGO.

Education: She attended Dakshin Junior College in Guwahati as of November 2017.

Marriage: At the age of 20, Ankushita married her longtime coach, Trideep Borah, on 22 April 2021, at Thelamara in Tezpur.

Ankushita Boxing Career

Ankushita’s boxing journey took an unexpected turn at the age of 12 when a friend persuaded her to enter a local tournament. She was determined and traveled 165 kilometers for trials at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) center in Golaghat.

Following her selection after the trials at the SAI Centre Golaghat, Ankushita was trained under coach Trideep Bora. As she progressed, she had the opportunity to further refine her skills with the assistance of Italian coach Raffael Bergamasco.

Ankushita Boro Achievements

Ankushita Boro was named the Best Boxer Award in her district in 2013. Then, in 2015, she won a gold medal for her state. We have gathered her achievements in the table below based on our research, and we will keep updating it with more details.

Year Award Competition
2023 Gold  37th National Games 2023, Goa
2022 Gold 36th National Games, Gujarat
Silver 6th BFI Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship, Bhopal
2021 Bronze 5th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship, Hisar
2020 Gold 3rd Khelo India Youth Games, Guwahati
2019 Silver 4th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship, Kannaur
Silver 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament, Guwahati
2018 Bronze Youth Women’s National, Rohtak
Gold North East Olympic Games, Imphal
2017 Silver Balkan Youth International Boxing Championship, Bulgaria
Silver 31st International Ahmet Comert Boxing Tournament, Istanbul
Bronze National Youth Championship
Gold AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships, Guwahati

Other achievements

Ankushita as Brand Ambassador

Ankushita was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme for the Kamrup Metropolitan District in Assam on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2018. The appointment was made by the Former Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, at the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

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Ankushita Boro is an Indian boxer who competes in boxing at national and international levels. She was born on 6 October 2000 at Meghai Jarani village, Sonitpur district, Assam, India.

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