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.

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 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Kaluwas, Bhiwani district, India

Height

182 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

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

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/boxervijender
• 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

Tags

• Bhiwani district
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.