KRISHAN Vikas

India

Boxing

Date of Birth: 10 Feb 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Height (m/ft): 1.76/5'9''

Place of birth: HISAR

Birth Country:

India

Place of residence : BHIWANI

Residence Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Welter (63-69kg)	17

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Welter (63-69kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #23 JPN OKAZAWA SQMOKAZAWA Sewonrets Quincy Mensah 5 WP IND KRISHAN VKRISHAN Vikas 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Middle	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9	Welter	2012	London, GBR

Youth Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Light	2010	Singapore, SIN

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Welter	2011	Baku, AZE
5	Middle	2015	Doha, QAT
9	Middle	2017	Hamburg, GER

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Middle	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Welter	2021	Dubai, UAE
3	Middle	2017	Tashkent, UZB

Strandja Memorial

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Middle	2018	Sofia, BUL

Box-Am Tournament

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Welter	2021	Castellon de la Plana, ESP

Nickname:

Indian Tank (Instagram profile, 01 Aug 2019)

Hobbies:

Running, football, music. (Facebook page, 19 Jun 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Kurukshetra University, India

Languages spoken:

English, Hindi

Coach:

Santiago Nieva [national], SWE

Position style:

Southpaw (sportstaronnet.com, 03 Nov 2011)

Hand:

Southpaw (indiatoday.intoday.in, 11 Jun 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His cousin is an Indian professional boxer and won the WBC Asia silver welterweight title in Pattaya, Thailand, in June 2019. (sportstar.thehindu.com, 01 Jul 2019)

Injuries:

In March 2020, an eye injury forced him to pull out of the welterweight final at the 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan. (indianexpress.com, 11 Mar 2020)

In mid-2019 he sustained a stress fracture to his back. (espn.com, 22 Aug 2019)

A cut eyelid forced him to withdraw from his semifinal bout at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (thehindu.com, 29 Aug 2018; india.com, 31 Aug 2018)

He suffered a hand injury in 2017. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 01 Apr 2018)

An eye injury meant he was unable to compete at the selection event for the India team ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. (intoday.in, 24 May 2014)

He competed at the 2011 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, with an injured wrist. He went on to win a bronze medal at the event. (livemint.com, 20 Jan 2012)

In 2011 he was unable to compete in the final of London Prepares, which was the test event for the 2012 Olympic Games. He had injured his left wrist in his semifinal bout. (ndtv.com, 28 Nov 2011)

Start:

He began boxing at age 10 at the Bhiwani Boxing Club in India. (ndtv.com, 22 Jul 2012; msn.com, 26 Mar 2012)

Reason:

"I took up boxing because most of my friends were doing it. Basically this sport is for tough people, so I also wanted to be tough and healthy." (ndtv.com, 22 Jul 2012; expressindia.com, 26 Nov 2010)

Ambition:

To win a gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (espn.com, 21 Mar 2020)

Hero:

Indian boxers Jai Bhagwan, Vijender Singh and Jagdish Singh. (thehindu.com, 02 Jun 2010; indianexpress.com, 20 May 2010)

Philosophy:

"I started winning after I realised that my opponent is as scared of losing as I am." (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 26 Feb 2018)

Award:

He was presented with the Arjuna Award in 2012. (kanglaonline.com, 19 Aug 2012)

He was named Best Boxer at the 2010 National Championships in New Delhi, India. (newkerala.com, 16 Jul 2010)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through his silver medal win in the welterweight category at the 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan. (espn.com, 21 Mar 2020)

General
PRIORITIES
In 2018 he turned professional, moved to the United States of America and won his first two professional bouts. However in July 2019 he returned to India to train at the National Institute of Sport in Patiala in a bid to reach the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I can't qualify as a professional. So I have to try to qualify as an amateur fighter only. While I would have wanted to take part in my third professional fight, I was also determined that I had to take part in the Olympics. When I signed my contract, I made it clear to them that my priority would be to take part in the Olympics." (espn.com, 22 Aug 2019)

CHANGE OF WEIGHT CLASS
In 2019 he switched to welterweight category, one class lighter than the one he competed in at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I dropped to welterweight because with the amount of effort I've been putting in, it's easy for me. I don't have to watch my diet or anything." (espn.com, 21 Mar 2020)

Milestones

He became the first Indian boxer to win three medals at the Asian Games when he won bronze in the middleweight category at the 2018 edition in Indonesia. He previously won in gold in 2010 and bronze in 2014. (india.com, 31 Aug 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 01 Sep 2018)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WP:: Win on Points

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