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Vijender Singh

ビジェンデル・シン　/　びじぇんでる・しん

Boxer from India

October 29, 1985 (age 40)　・　Kaluwas, Bhiwani district, India

Bhiwani district
boxer

My Take

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.

Overview

Vijender Singh Beniwal (born 29 October 1985) is an Indian professional boxer and politician of Bharatiya Janata Party. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type: Private
Height: 182 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: boxer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

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

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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