Overall, Gunjan is the second Indian boxer to win a Youth Olympics gold after Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei. Gunjan won India’s first women’s boxing gold at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics, beating Algeria’s Bouthaina Bensalah in the 48kg final and lifting India’s medal tally to. Gunjan created history by winning India’s first-ever Youth Olympics gold medal in women’s boxing at the ongoing edition in Dakar, Senegal, on Thursday.