Vikas Krishan Yadav

Vikas Krishan Yadav
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1992-02-10) February 10, 1992
Singhwa Khas, Hisar district, Haryana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Lightweight
Club Bhiwani Boxing Club

Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian male boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, who won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category. An accomplished southpaw in his own right, Vikas is currently supported by JSW Sport under the Sport Excellence Programme.[1]

Currently, due to the ban on the Boxing Federation of India, Vikas competed at the Worlds and Asian Championships under the AIBA flag.[2]

Personal life and family

Yadav was born in Singhwa Khas village in Hisar district.[3] His father Krishan Kumar Yadav is an employee in the Electricity Department. In 1994 he came to Bhiwani along with his father, who was transferred to this city. In 2003, at the age of 10, Yadav joined the Bhiwani Boxing Club. Later, he received training in the Army Sports Institute at Pune.[4]

After his premature exit from the 2012 Olympics, Yadav took a year off from boxing and focussed on completing his education at the Kurukshetra University and his training with the Haryana State Police.[5] Presently, Yadav is an employee of the Haryana State Electricity Board.[6]

Career

2010 Asian Youth Boxing Championships

The 2010 Asian Youth Boxing Championships were held in Tehran, Iran during the month of March 2010. Yadav won his first international medal which was a gold medal at the tournament.

2010 Youth Olympics

On 24 August 2010 in Singapore, he won a bronze medal in Lightweight category after being defeated by Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in the bronze medal bout.[7]

2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships

He won a gold medal at Baku in the Lightweight category, defeating Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania, the same opponent he faced earlier in the year at the Youth Olympics.

2010 Asian Games

On 25 November 2010 in Guangzhou, China, in the Lightweight category, he won the gold medal defeating Hu Qing of China 5-4.[8]

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships

In the Round of 32, Vikas defeated Asadullo Boimurodov of Kyrgyzstan 16:8. He faced Magomed Nurutdinov of Belarus in the Round of 16 and tied the bout 10:10 but won because of last point scored. In the pre quarter-finals, he was up against Onder Sipal of Turkey whom he beat 14:7. In the quarter-finals, he faced Vasili Belous of Moldova and won 9:8 over him. In the semi-finals, he met Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine and lost 15:12 to him, earning him the bronze medal in the Welterweight category

2012 Olympics

He was eliminated from the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the preliminary round, despite initially being declared the winner 13:11 . His opponent Errol Spence of the United States successfully appealed to the Amateur International Boxing Association after claiming the referee had failed to notice Vikas committing fouls and intentionally spitting out his mouthguard. India lodged a counter appeal, which failed, and then took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS]. This was also unsuccessful. "There is no provision in the AIBA Technical and Competition Rules allowing for an appeal against the decision of the competition jury in relation to a protest. The decision of the competition jury is final and cannot be appealed," a statement from CAS said.[9]

2014 Asian Games

Representing India at the Games held at Incheon, South Korea, he won the Bronze Medal in the Middleweight (75 kg) category, after losing to Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan, in the semi-final bout.[10]

His first opponent was Azamat Kanybek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan, beating him 3:0 in the Round of 16. His opponent in the quarter-finals was Hurshidbek Normatov of Uzbekistan whom he beat 3:0 to progress to the semi-finals.

2015 Asian Boxing Championships

On September 5, 2015, Vikas reached the final bout of the Middleweight category and lost to Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan, winning the silver medal.[11]

2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships

On October 10, 2015, Vikas exited the World Boxing Championships in Doha, Qatar by losing 3-0 to Hosam Abdin of Egypt in the quarter-finals.

Ranking

Vikas is currently competing in the middleweight category, the same category where Vijender Singh won an Olympic bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics. As of September 25, 2015, Vikas is ranked 4th overall.[12][13]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JSW Sports Excellence Program Boxing". www.jsw.in. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav Reveals Pain of Not Representing India". NDTVSports.com. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  3. ↑ "Vikas Krishan - Biography". AIBA website. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Athletes_Profile | Biographies | Sports". www.incheon2014ag.org. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  5. ↑ "Boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav Reveals Pain of Not Representing India". NDTVSports.com. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  6. ↑ Sharma, Nitin (26 November 2010). "A boxer with chess player’s mind". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Boxing bronze for Vikas Yadav". Hindustan Times. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  8. ↑ Naik, Shivani (26 November 2010). "Vikas breaks boxing’s gold jinx, lands perfect 10th". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "One U.S. boxer still fighting after overturned result". Associated Press. August 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  10. ↑ "Vikas Krishan Yadav wins bronze medal in Men’s Middleweight 75kg event in Asian Games 2014". Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  11. ↑ "Vikas Krishan Yadav Settles for Silver in Asian Championships". NDTVSports.com. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  12. ↑ "Rankings - AIBA". AIBA. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  13. ↑ "Satish Kumar, Saweeta in top 3, Vikas Krishan Yadav top 5 in world boxing rankings". www.sportskeeda.com. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  14. ↑ "Athletes_Profile | Biographies | Sports". www.incheon2014ag.org. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
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