Vikas Krishan Yadav

Vikas Krishan Yadav
Vikas Krishan Yadav in 2021
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1992-02-10) February 10, 1992
Singhwa Khas, Hisar, Haryana, India
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
ClubBhiwani Boxing Club
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - - -
World Championships - - 1
Asian Games 1 - 2
Commonwealth Games 1 - -
Youth Olympic Games - - 1
Asian Championships - 1 2
Youth World Boxing Championships 1 - -
Total 3 1 6
World Championships
2011 Baku Welterweight
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou Lightweight
2014 Incheon Middleweight
2018 Jakarta Palembang Middleweight
Asian Championships
2015 Bangkok Middleweight
2017 Tashkent Middleweight
2021 Dubai Welterweight
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Middleweight
Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Singapore Lightweight
AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
2010 Baku Lightweight

Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal in 75 kg weight category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is one of the best boxers of India. He also boxed professionally.

Due to the ban on the Boxing Federation of India in 2015, Vikas competed at the World and Asian Championships under the AIBA flag. Vikas Krishan Yadav is the second Indian boxer after Olympian Vijender Singh to qualify for Olympics for the third time.