Nationality Indian Role Boxer Rated at Lightweight Name Vikas Yadav Parents Krishan Kumar Yadav | Club Bhiwani Boxing Club Weight 69 kg Sport Boxing Height 1.77 m Awards Arjuna Award for Boxing | |
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Born February 10, 1992 (age 32) ( 1992-02-10 ) Singhwa Khas, Hisar district, Haryana | ||
Boxer vikas krishan yadav aims podium finish
Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian male boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, who won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category.
Contents
- Boxer vikas krishan yadav aims podium finish
- Vikas Krishan Yadav Takes Ring At Rio 2016 Olympics Family Roots For Him At Home
- Personal life and family
- 2010
- 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2012 Olympics
- 2014 Asian Games
- 2015 Asian Boxing Championships
- 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2016 Rio Olympics
- Ranking
- Awards
- References
Due to the ban on the Boxing Federation of India in 2015, Vikas competed at the Worlds and Asian Championships under the AIBA flag.
Vikas Krishan Yadav Takes Ring At Rio 2016 Olympics, Family Roots For Him At Home
Personal life and family
Yadav was born in Singhwa Khas village in Hisar district. His father Krishan Kumar Yadav is an employee in the Electricity Department. In 1994 he came to Bhiwani along with his father, who was transferred to this city. In 2003, at the age of 10, Yadav joined the Bhiwani Boxing Club. Later, he received training in the Army Sports Institute at Pune.
After his premature exit from the 2012 Olympics, Yadav took a year off from boxing and focussed on completing his education at the Kurukshetra University and his training with the Haryana State Police. Presently, Yadav is an employee of the Haryana State Electricity Board.
2010
Asian Youth Boxing Championships: The 2010 Asian Youth Boxing Championships were held in Tehran, Iran during the month of March 2010. Yadav won his first international medal which was a gold medal at the tournament.
2010 Summer Youth Olympics|2010 Youth Olympics: On 24 August 2010 in Singapore, he won a bronze medal in Lightweight category after being defeated by Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in the bronze medal bout.
2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships|2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships: He won a gold medal at Baku in the Lightweight category, defeating Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania, the same opponent he faced earlier in the year at the Youth Olympics.
2010 Asian Games: On 25 November 2010 in Guangzhou, China, in the Lightweight category, he won the gold medal defeating Hu Qing of China 5-4.
2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
In the Round of 32, Vikas defeated Asadullo Boimurodov of Kyrgyzstan 16:8. He faced Magomed Nurutdinov of Belarus in the Round of 16 and tied the bout 10:10 but won because of last point scored. In the pre quarter-finals, he was up against Onder Sipal of Turkey whom he beat 14:7. In the quarter-finals, he faced Vasili Belous of Moldova and won 9:8 over him. In the semi-finals, he met Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine and lost 15:12 to him, earning him the bronze medal in the Welterweight category
2012 Olympics
He was eliminated from the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the preliminary round, despite initially being declared the winner 13:11 . His opponent Errol Spence of the United States successfully appealed to the Amateur International Boxing Association after claiming the referee had failed to notice Vikas committing fouls and intentionally spitting out his mouthguard. India lodged a counter appeal, which failed, and then took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS]. This was also unsuccessful. "There is no provision in the AIBA Technical and Competition Rules allowing for an appeal against the decision of the competition jury in relation to a protest. The decision of the competition jury is final and cannot be appealed," a statement from CAS said.
2014 Asian Games
Representing India at the Games held at Incheon, South Korea, he won the Bronze Medal in the Middleweight (75 kg) category, after losing to Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan, in the semi-final bout.
His first opponent was Azamat Kanybek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan, beating him 3:0 in the Round of 16. His opponent in the quarter-finals was Hurshidbek Normatov of Uzbekistan whom he beat 3:0 to progress to the semi-finals.
2015 Asian Boxing Championships
On September 5, 2015, Vikas reached the final bout of the Middleweight category and lost to Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan, winning the silver medal.
2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships
On October 10, 2015, Vikas exited the World Boxing Championships in Doha, Qatar by losing 3-0 to Hosam Abdin of Egypt in the quarter-finals.
2016 Rio Olympics
Vikas Krishan Yadav qualified for the Rio Olympic Games by finishing with a bronze medal at the Olympic qualifiers held in Baku in June 2016. He has cruised into the round of 16 in Boxing 75 kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Indian pugilist beat USA’s Charles Cornell by a unanimous decision to progress at the Summer Games. He went on to defeat Önder Şipal of Turkey a few days later to enter the next round of the tournament. Vikas Krishnan Yadav was defeated by Bektemir Melikuzeiv of Uzbekistan in the Quarter Final of Mens Middle 75 kg Boxing in Rio Olympic on 16 August 2016.
Ranking
Vikas is currently competing in the middleweight category, the same category where Vijender Singh won an Olympic bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics. As of September 25, 2015, Vikas is ranked 4th overall.