Birju Shah
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Died4 September 2022
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Hiroshima light flyweight
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria light flyweight
National Games
Gold medal – first place 1993
1994 		light flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1997 light flyweight
Silver medal – second place 1999 light flyweight

Birju Shah (died 4 September 2022) was an Indian International boxer who won silver and bronze medals for India in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in 1994-95, and medals in National Games. [1][2][3]

Biography

Birju Shah was born at Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India.

Birju Shah represented India as a boxer and had won many Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for India in Asian, commonwealth games and international championships. He won Bronze medal in Junior Asian Championships in 1993. Birju won Bronze medals in both Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in 1994. Birju became the country's first boxer to won medals in both Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. He also won Gold medal in YMCA International Championship in 1996 and Bronze medal in International Invitational Championship in 1994 and 1998.[4]

He had also won many medals in national level games played in the country. He won Gold (1993 and 1994), Silver (1999) and Bronze (1997) in National Games and also won Gold medal in national championship in 1995,1996 and 1998. He had also won Bronze medal in East India Open Championship in 2000.

Death

Birju Shah died on 4 September 2022 at the age of 50 years, at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. He was suffering from Blood Pressure, Diabetes and liver related disease.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Who Was Birju Shah? International Boxer Passed Away". 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "International boxer Birju Shah was doing security guard job, children had left studies". XETO OFFICIAL. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "International boxer Birju Shah was doing security guard job, children had left studies - News8Plus-Realtime Updates On Breaking News & Headlines". 4 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "From Jharkhand, then Bihar, to Hiroshima via Victoria -Story of India's deadly boxer Birju Sah". Pixstory. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jharkhand News : अंतरराष्ट्रीय बॉक्सर बिरजू शाह का जमशेदपुर में निधन, खेल जगत में शोक". Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "अंतरराष्ट्रीय बॉक्सर बिरजू शाह का जमशेदपुर में निधन". www.hindusthansamachar.in. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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