VIJENDER SINGH
VIJENDER SINGH
Better
known as Vijender Singh is
an Indian professional boxer and the current WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion from Kaluwas, Bhiwani
district in Haryana. He was educated in his village, after which he
received a bachelor's degree from a local college in Bhiwani. He practised
boxing at the Bhiwani Boxing Club where coach Jagdish Singh recognised
his talent and encouraged him to take up boxing. He was coached by the Indian
Boxing Coach Jagdish Singh.Having won medals in different
competitions at the national level, Vijender was picked to train and compete at
several international level competitions such as the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics and
the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2006 Asian Games in
Doha, he won the bronze medal after losing the semifinal bout against
Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Artayev. At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics,
he defeated Carlos Góngora of Ecuador 9-4 in the
quarterfinals which garnered him a bronze medal the first ever Olympic medal for
an Indian boxer.
Vijender Singh Beniwal :- born 29 October 1985, Vijender Singh was born in a Jat family on
29 October 1985 in Kaluwas village, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Bhiwani, Haryana. His father,
Mahipal Singh Beniwal, is a driver with the Haryana Roadways, while his mother
is a homemaker. His father drove extra hours for overtime pay so as to pay for
Vijender and his elder brother Manoj's education. Vijender did his
primary schooling in Kalwas, secondary schooling in Bhiwani middle from
happy sr sec. school bhiwani and finally received a bachelor's
degree from Vaish College. In 1990, boxer Raj Kumar Sangwan got the Arjuna Award; so the craze for
boxing in India increased. The sport became one of the main job avenues in
India. In order to ensure a better life for their poor family,
Vijender and his elder brother Manoj decided to learn boxing. Vijender was
inspired by his elder brother Manoj, a former boxer himself, to join the sport
of boxing. After Manoj succeeded in entering the Indian Army in 1998 with
his boxing credentials, he decided to support Vijender financially so he could
continue his boxing training.
Better
known as Vijender Singh is
an Indian professional boxer and the current WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion from Kaluwas, Bhiwani
district in Haryana. He was educated in his village, after which he
received a bachelor's degree from a local college in Bhiwani. He practised
boxing at the Bhiwani Boxing Club where coach Jagdish Singh recognised
his talent and encouraged him to take up boxing. He was coached by the Indian
Boxing Coach Jagdish Singh.Having won medals in different
competitions at the national level, Vijender was picked to train and compete at
several international level competitions such as the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics and
the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2006 Asian Games in
Doha, he won the bronze medal after losing the semifinal bout against
Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Artayev. At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics,
he defeated Carlos Góngora of Ecuador 9-4 in the
quarterfinals which garnered him a bronze medal the first ever Olympic medal for
an Indian boxer.
After
this win, Vijender was given a number of awards, including the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award India's
highest sporting honour and Padma Shri,
the fourth highest civilian honour. In 2009, he participated at the World Amateur Boxing Championships where
he won the bronze medal. In the same year, the International Boxing Association (AIBA)
announced Vijender as the top-ranked boxer in its annual middleweight category
list with 2800 points. Vijender represented India at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
On 29 June
2015, Vijender Singh bid adieu to his amateur career by turning professional as
he signed a multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports
and Entertainment. This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as
he no longer remains eligible as an amateur.
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