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vijender singh

vijender singh beniwal -lrb- born 29 october 1985 -rrb- , also known as vijender singh or vijender beniwal , is an indian olympic boxer from kaluwas , bhiwani district in haryana .
he was educated in his village , after which he received a bachelor 's degree from a local college in bhiwani .
he practised boxing at the bhiwani boxing club where coach jagdish singh recognised his talent and encouraged him to take to professional boxing .
he was coached by the indian boxing coach gurbaksh singh sandhu .
having won medals in different competitions at the national level , vijender was picked to train and compete at several international level competitions such as the 2004 athens summer olympics and the 2006 commonwealth games .
at the 2006 asian games in doha , he won the bronze medal after losing the semifinal bout against kazakhstan 's bakhtiyar artayev .
at the 2008 beijing summer olympics , he defeated carlos góngora of ecuador 9 -- 4 in the quarterfinals which guaranteed him a bronze medal -- the first ever olympic medal for an indian boxer .
after this win , vijender was given a number of awards , including the rajiv gandhi khel ratna award -- india 's highest sporting honour .
in 2009 , he participated at the world amateur boxing championships where he won the bronze medal .
in the same year , the international boxing association -lrb- aiba -rrb- announced vijender as the top-ranked boxer in its annual middleweight category list with 2800 points .
vijender represented india at the london 2012 olympic games .
on 29 june 2015 , vijender singh bid adieu to his amateur career by turning professional as he signed a multi-year agreement with queensberry promotions through ios sports and entertainment .
this ruled him out of 2016 olympics as he no longer remains eligible to represent india
