Key Points
- Satinder Kaur is the manager of the national women's boxing team.
- She has also been appointed as the assistant coach of the NSW state team.
Ms Kaur is a seasoned boxer who has won many state and national accolades in India.
She attributed her success to her coach Shiv Singh. who is a Dronacharya awardee, an honour bestowed on coaches in India as recognition for their contribution to a particular sport or for their role in an athlete’s rise to the top.
"I started my boxing career at the age of 20, and with the right guidance under my coach, I won a silver medal at the 2002 National Boxing Games and a gold in another championship in 2003.," she told SBS Punjabi.
Satinder Kaur during a training session. Credit: Supplied
She, however, made time to provide fitness training to budding boxers before making her comeback in the ring.
Satinder Kaur with the boxing squad. Credit: Supplied
"While as the state team's assistant coach, I will be training the junior and senior teams. Thanks to the Government of Australia, Boxing Australia and Boxing NSW for the opportunity", she said.
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