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Vikas Krishan Yadav Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 17, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth10 February 1992

Age33 Years

BirthplaceSinghwa Khas village, Hisar, Haryana, India

ProfessionBoxer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

FamilyOne son; Father - Krishan Kumar Yadav

Vikas Krishan Yadav Biography

Vikas Krishan Yadav is an Indian boxer from Singhwa Khas, Hisar, Haryana. A multi-time international medallist and three-time Olympian, he has won gold at顶

Early life and background

Vikas Krishan Yadav was born on 10 February 1992 in Singhwa Khas village, Hisar, Haryana, India. He grew up in a household where his father, Krishan Kumar Yadav, worked for the Haryana Electricity Department. When Vikas was two years old his family moved to Bhiwani following his father’s transfer. He attended BPS, Bhiwani for school and later studied at Kurukshetra University in Haryana.

Vikas started boxing at a young age, joining the Bhiwani Boxing Club at around ten. He later trained at the Army Sports Institute in Pune to further his development as a boxer.

Career

Vikas Krishan has competed across lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions through his career and established himself as one of India’s leading pugilists. As a youth competitor he won gold at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in 2010 and claimed a bronze medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.

Also in 2010 he won gold at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. The following year he stepped onto the senior world stage with a bronze at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku in 2011.

Vikas qualified for the London 2012 Olympics and was defeated in the pre-quarterfinals by Errol Spence Jr. After London he took a year away from competitive boxing to focus on his studies. He returned to win bronze at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon and silver at the 2015 Asian Boxing Championships in Bangkok, where he was ranked among the world’s top middleweights by the international federation later that year.

His Olympic resume expanded over time. He earned a bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics and in 2021 became the second Indian boxer, after Vijender Singh, to qualify for a third Olympic Games when he secured a place at Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021). In between those Games he captured gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and added bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta–Palembang and at the 2017 and 2021 Asian Championships.

Domestic recognition for his achievements includes being named Best Boxer at the National Championships in New Delhi in 2010 and receiving the Arjuna Award from the Government of India in 2012.

Public profile

Vikas is known for a disciplined training ethic developed over the course of his career. He has spoken about changing daily habits after time at an Olympic camp, adopting routines such as earlier rising and yoga to prepare for training sessions. He was placed at world number four in the middleweight rankings by AIBA in September 2015.

Outside the ring he enjoys riding motorcycles and identifies pizza as a favourite food, though he has noted periods when he avoided junk food entirely to maintain competition weight and fitness. He speaks Hindi and English and his regional dialect is Haryanavi.

Personal life

Vikas is married and has one son. His mother’s name and his wife’s name are not publicly listed in the available information.

Latest updates

In 2019 he was invited to the Prime Minister’s House to be congratulated for his contributions to boxing. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He continues to train and compete, maintaining a regular fitness routine and focusing on boxing in the 75 kg weight category.

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Recent Work

Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification

Qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021), becoming the second Indian boxer to reach three Olympic Games.

2021
Commonwealth Games Gold

Won gold in the middleweight division at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

2018
Rio 2016 Olympic bronze

Won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

2016
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Career Highlights

  1. Gold at 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships (Lightweight)
  2. Gold at 2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou (Lightweight)
  3. Bronze at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, Singapore (Lightweight)
  4. Bronze at 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Baku (Welterweight)
  5. Arjuna Award recipient (2012)
  6. Bronze at 2016 Rio Olympics
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