Vikas Krishan Yadav Wiki, Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More – WikiBio

Vikas Krishan Yadav is an Indian boxer who competes within the 75 Kg weight class. He’s the second Indian boxer after Vijender Singh to qualify for the Olympics for the third time. In 2021, he bagged the ticket to the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The Olympics have been postponed as a consequence of COVID-19 and have been held in 2021.

Wiki/Biography

Vikas Krishan Yadav was born on Monday, 10 February 1992 (age 29 years; as of 2021) in Singhwa Khas village, Hisar, Haryana. His zodiac signal is Aquarius. On the age of two, Yadav moved to Bhiwani alongside together with his father (his father was transferred there). He did his education at BPS Bhiwani. When he was 10 years outdated, Vikas joined the Bhiwani Boxing Membership to be taught the fundamentals of boxing. Later, he moved to Pune and joined the Military Sports activities Institute to coach in boxing. In 2012, Yadav took a yr off from boxing to finish his diploma on the Kurukshetra College, Haryana.

Bodily Look

Peak: 5′ 91⁄2″

Weight: 69 Kg

Physique Measurements (approx.): Chest 40″, Waist 32″, Biceps 14″

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Black

Vikas Krishan Yadav

Household

Mother and father & Siblings

His father, Krishan Kumar Yadav, is an worker within the Haryana Electrical energy Division. Not a lot is understood about his mom.

Vikas Krishan Yadav together with his mom

Spouse & Kids

Vikas is married and has a son.

Vikas Krishan Yadav together with his son

Profession

In 2010, Vikas gained a gold medal on the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships held in Tehran, Iran. Subsequent, he defeated Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania within the 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships at Baku. In the identical yr, he gained a Summer time Youth Olympics within the light-weight class. He then gained a gold medal within the Asian Video games.

Vikas Krishan Yadav after profitable a boxing match

In 2011, he earned a bronze medal within the welterweight class at World Beginner Boxing Championships. In 2012, he made it to the 2012 London Olympics. He misplaced his pre-quarter remaining to Errol Spence Jr. He then took a yr off from boxing to deal with his research.

Vikas Krishan Yadav throughout a boxing event

In 2014, he represented India the Asian Video games held at Incheon, South Korea and gained a bronze medal within the middleweight class. Subsequent, he participated within the 2015 Asian Boxing Championships and gained a silver medal. In the identical yr, he participated in 2015 World Boxing Championships. In 2016 he certified for the Rio Olympics and gained a bronze medal in it.

Vikas Krishan Yadav in Rio Olympics

In 2018, he gained a gold on the Commonwealth Video games.

Vikas Krishan Yadav in CWG 2018

Thereafter, he gained a bronze on the 2018 Asian Video games. In 2020, he gained the ticket to the Tokyo Olympics; changing into the second Indian man after Vijender Singh to qualify for the Olympics for the third time.

Vikas Krishan Yadav with the ticket to 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Medals

Gold

• Gold at Asian Video games in Guangzhou in 2010 (Light-weight)
  

  Vikas Krishan Yadav with a gold medal

• Gold at AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in 2010 (Light-weight)

• Gold at Commonwealth Video games in Gold Coast in 2018 (Middleweight)
  

  Vikas Krishan Yadav with a medal (CWG 2018)

Silver

• Silver at Asian Championships in Bangkok in 2015 (Middleweight)

Bronze

• Bronze at Summer time Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010 (Light-weight)

• Bronze at World Championships in Baku in 2011 (Welterweight)

• Bronze at Asian Video games in Incheon in 2014 (Middleweight)

• Bronze at Asian Championships in Tashkent in 2017 (Middleweight)

• Bronze at Asian Video games in Jakarta Palembang in 2018 (Middleweight)
  

  Vikas Krishan Yadav together with his Asian Video games medal

• Bronze at Asian Championships in Dubai in 2021 (Welterweight)

Awards

• Greatest Boxer at Nationwide Championships in New Delhi (2010)

• Arjuna Award by the Authorities of India (2012)
  

  Vikas Krishan Yadav receiving Arjuna Award

Favorite Issues

• Journey Vacation spot: New York

Info/Trivia

• Vikas loves driving a motorcycle in his leisure time.

• He’s fluent in Hindi and English and his dialect is Haryanavi.

• In September 2015, he was positioned at world rank 4 in middleweight class boxing by the Worldwide Boxing Federation (AIBA).

• Throughout an interview, Vikas shared that he was very undisciplined and by no means ate, slept, or skilled on time. He mentioned,
  

  I used to be very undisciplined earlier. I’d by no means eat on time, sleep on time, wouldn’t prepare on time. I used to be not doing the best issues. After I entered the Olympic camp in 2019, I used to be staying with a wrestler, he taught me so much. He advised me how a wrestling world champion buildings his day. He will get up an hour or 90 minutes forward of the coaching. Then he does yoga, he goes into coaching half-hour earlier than it’s purported to begin to get into the best state of mind. So I additionally began doing these issues.”

• In one in every of his interviews, Vikas shared that he as soon as skipped consuming Pizza or any form of junk meals for greater than a yr. Speaking about it, he mentioned,
  

  Inside limits, everybody enjoys junk meals. Everybody has cheat days, some folks have it as soon as per week others as soon as in a month. However it’s been greater than 18 months that I’ve had a pizza or any form of junk meals.”

• In 2019, PM Narendra Modi invited him to the PM home to congratulate and honour him for his contribution to Indian boxing.
  

  Vikas Krishan Yadav with PM Narendra Modi

• He works out day by day to take care of his bodily health.
  

  Vikas Krishan Yadav throughout his exercise session