DINGKO SINGH

About:

• Ngangom Dingko Singh (1979 – 2021) was an Indian boxer from Manipur.
  
  
• He is considered to have been one of the most outstanding boxers India ever produced.
  
  
• Dingko rose to prominence by winning the 1997 Kings Cup in Bangkok.
  
  
• He who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok bringing India its first boxing gold medal in 16 years.
  
  
• He also represented India at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
  
  
• He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1998 and Padma Shri in 2013.
  
  
• He was also a service personnel of the Indian Navy.
  
  
• He coached the Navy to team championship victory in the 2009 inter-Services meet and groomed some top boxers, including Olympian Anthresh Lakra and Commonwealth Games champion Suranjoy Singh.