Vijender Singh

Vijender Singh matters to me as more than a boxer; he is a turning point in Indian sport. Winning India's first-ever Olympic boxing medal in Beijing was the kind of breakthrough that reframes what a whole generation believes is possible. The national honors, the Arjuna Award and Khel Ratna, only confirm what his fists already proved. I'm drawn to the journey from Bhiwani to the world stage, the unglamorous persistence it must have taken. His move into the professional ranks afterward shows a fighter unwilling to coast on past glory, and that old-school hunger keeps me firmly in his corner.

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Name (English)

Vijender Singh

Name (Japanese)

ビジェンデル・シン

Reading

びじぇんでる・しん

Born

October 29, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Kaluwas, Bhiwani district, India

Height

182 cm

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Awards & achievements

• Arjuna Award
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games
• Padma Shri in sports

• Xhttps://x.com/boxervijender
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijender%20Singh
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470893

Tags

• Bhiwani district
• boxer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.