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Also known as Vijender Singh Beniwal

Indian boxer

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
India
Active from
1941-02-08
Active to
2011-10-10
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Key facts

Nickname
Singh
Nationality
Indian
Born
Vijender Singh Beniwal , ( 1985-10-29 ) 29 October 1985 (age 40) , Kaluwas , Haryana , India
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
Super-middleweight
Reach
76 in (193 cm)
Stance
Orthodox

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Encyclopedic 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. He also won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as well as silver medals at the 2006 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, all in the middleweight division.

In June 2015, Vijender Singh turned professional and signed a multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and Entertainment. This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics which would have been his fourth.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vijender Singh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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