PANAJI
Goa Amateur Boxing Association’s Danuska Da Gama has been appointed as the new vice-chair of the Competitions Committee of the International Boxing Association (IBA).
The committee responsible for various tasks related to the development and regulation of boxing competitions is headed by Omar Aljabri from UAE and includes representatives from French Polynesia, Australia, Barbados, Slovenia, South Africa, Morocco and Germany.
Danuska is a certified IBA 3-Star Coach and is India's first female IBA international technical official. She was recently appointed as a member of the Technical Committee of the International Schools Federation for Boxing.
“I am ready to take on this new role as the vice-chair of the IBA Competitions Committee and look forward to contributing my expertise to the growth and development of boxing internationally," Danuska said in a press release from GABA.
"Danuska’s commitment to boxing goes beyond her personal achievements. She has also been actively involved in training and mentoring young boxers in Goa, helping to groom the next generation of boxers in the state and India. As the treasurer (ex-secretary general) of the GABA and the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), she has been actively involved in promoting and developing the sport on various levels," GABA said in the release.
The Competitions Committee of IBA oversees tasks like developing technical and competition rules, proposing new rules and amendments, implementing scoring systems, proposing competition schedules, reviewing sporting aspects, proposing new competition formats, encouraging the development of IBA competitions, dealing with equipment and competition uniform issues, helping to implement management systems, and participating in the appointment of competition officials.
Meanwhile, Lenny D'Gama has been re-appointed as a member of the Referee Judges Commission of IBA. With this, the father-daughter duo are the only Indians serving in the IBA technical committees. President of Boxing Federation of India, Ajay Singh has been appointed as Board Member of IBA.
"Having Indian representation at IBA only shows that Indian boxing has attained success and is an important country for boxing in the world. And now our importance has been duly recognised with these appointments," Danuska said.
