# Talk:Vijender Singh

The BBC has an article about a "Vijender Kumar", described as "one of five boxers in India's modest Olympics contingent to Beijing this summer". The Wikipedia article India at the 2008 Summer Olympics lists five other names instead. The BBC article mentions "Akhil, Jitender and Dinesh Kumar" along with Vinjender. , but doesn't specify the year.) Could someone confirm it? Aridd (talk) 11:58, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes I believe so. I have changed the name in the article. Do you know how to change the article header?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.212.128.4 (talk) 15:30, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I do know how to, yes, but we would need proof that Vijender Kumar and Vijender Vijender are indeed the same person. Aridd (talk) 17:01, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I am sure that most of the world has read today's issue of The Hindu, but, for those who haven't, it looks like the boxer in question from the Bhiwani Boxing Club who is going to Beijing is named "Vijender Singh" (see http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008072551581700.htm&date=2008/07/25/&prd=th& ).   Confused?  I know i am.  But the boxer in this article i just referenced from today's The Hindu does look very, very much like "Vijender Kumar" in the bbc article from today.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.112.213.104 (talk) 20:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

The picture doesn't load on my computer. This is getting more complicated rather than less... I don't know much about Indian naming conventions, but surely he can't be alternating between three different family names? Aridd (talk) 21:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

He could. His name is Vijender, he has no inherited family name. Vijender Vijender (duplication) is a common way to conform to the Western nomenclature standard. So is Vijender Kumar, which is - in many ways - equivalent to "Mister Vijender". "Singh" is an inheritable family name, but is used in the heartlands and northwest of India for people with no last names. ray (talk) 20:59, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm sure his name is Vijender Singh. In India, especially in the North, Sons inherit the family name. If his Father's surname name is Singh, his surname will definitely be the same. The media that named him Vijender Kumar, based on announcements in the Olympic games, had it wrong.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rohitbhatia (talk • contribs) 09:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Vijendra Kumar is an Indian boxer from the village of Bhivani. He is one time Olympic Games bronze medal winner for India. 

Career
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal and thus joined shooter Abhinav Bindra and wrestler Sushil Kumar, who also won medals for India during these games.
2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
See also: 2008 Summer Olympics
He won bronze medal and joined the league of three gentlemen Abhinav bidra, Sushil kumar, Vijendra kumar, who won medals for India in 2008 Summer Olympics.
His personal olympic career
In the Round of 32: Beat G J Badou Jack 13:2:- He beats Jack Badou of Gambia in the 75 kg bout to advance to the second round.
In the Round of 16: Beat Angkhan Chomphuphuang 13:3:- He stormed into the quarterfinals of 75kg middleweight event after routing Angkhan Chomphuphuang of Thailand 13-3 in pre-quarterfinal bout.
In the quarterfinals: Beat Carlos Gongora 9:4:- He beats Ecuador’s Carlos Gongora 9-4 in the quarterfinal.
In the semifinals: lost to Emilio Correa Bayeaux 5:8:- He lost to Emilio correa bayeaux  of Cuba in semi final match.

PLEASE PICK RELEVANT INFO AS AND WHEN APPROPRIATE (Ekabhishek (talk) 13:56, 24 October 2008 (UTC))

Any free image available for the boxer will be appreciated. --Legolas (talk2me) 06:15, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Vijender Singh gets 507,000 hits; Vijender Kumar gets 512,00 hits on Google Search. I would suggest a move-revert to the latter. Mspraveen (talk) 05:59, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Vijender Singh/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 22:50, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
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He is credited for bringing back the sport of boxing into limelight in India. add the work the before limelight.
When Vijender was in standard five. What's standard five?
 Done --Legolas (talk2me) 04:52, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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Could you add WP:ALT text?
 Done--Legolas (talk2me) 04:52, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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I'll place it on hold to allow for the changes to be made.--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 22:50, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I did a brief overhaul of content between the sections, adding a bit of new content along with suitable references. I did a c/e of the article and I believe that it is in proper order (summary of my changes). Cheers, Mspraveen (talk) 05:45, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Added the alternate text. Please see if anything else is needed. --Legolas (talk2me) 04:52, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Looks good, I'm now going to pass the article. Good work.--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 19:55, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

We are using two sources that say different things regarding his medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. This says that he won a bronze, while this says that he won a silver. If he lost in the final, as the article says, then it would certainly be a silver ... but the first source says that he reached the semis. They cannot both be correct. - Sitush (talk) 18:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

This article may soon lose its Good Article status. It has far too many unsourced statements, the phrasing is extremely poor in parts, there is unacceptable speculation and there are contradictions (as noted in the thread above). Is anyone prepared to resolve these issues before I take my hatchet to it? - Sitush (talk) 19:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

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