#Shiva_Thapa_indian_boxer_frm_guwahati Statistics Real nameShiva Thapa Rated at Bantamweight(54 kg) Nationality Indian, Nepalese Born8 December 1993(age 20) Guwahati, Assam, India Medal record Youth Olympic Games Silver 2010 SingaporeBantamweight Shiva Thapa( Nepali:) ( Assamese:)(born 8 December 1993) is an Indian boxerfrom Guwahati, Assam. He is supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company, [ 1 ] [ 2 ]a company that supports young Indian athletestowards international competitive success, with an especial aim at the Olympics. [ 3 ]Shiva Thapa participated in the 2012 London Olympics, [ 4 ]and was the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics. [ 5 ]Shiva Thapa is ranked 3rd in the bantamweight category in the AIBA Mens World Ranking. He is the third Indian to clinch Gold at the Asian Games. [ 6 ] Career Early life Shiva Thapa is the youngest of six children born to a Nepali originfather Padam Thapa, a karateinstructor in Guwahati. His elder brother Gobind Thapa was an Assamstate-level medal winning boxer; [ 7 ] Mike Tysons bouts also inspired him to take the sport seriously. [ 8 ]Shiva rose as early as 3 a.m. in the mornings to balance his training and studies. [ 9 ]Padam ensured that the monthly expenditure of30000(US$500) was taken care of. [ 7 ] Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profitfoundation to identify and support Indian athletes, decided to support the young boxer as a part of their Vision 2016 initiative. [ 10 ]While signing Thapa, Viren Rasquinha, the chief operating officer of Olympic Gold Quest said: Shiva is an enormous talent. He must be groomed well because he has the talent, the right attitude and the hunger to succeed. OGQ has very high hopes from Shiva and I am confident that he will become one of Indias top boxing stars in the near future. [ 10 ] Amateur career At the 2008 Children of Asia International Sports Gamesthat was held in Moscow, Shiva Thapa won a bronze medal in his category. [ 11 ]At the same years Haider Aliyev Cup, he won the gold medal. Owing to this performance, he was chosen to represent Indiain the 52-kg category at the 2009 Junior World Boxing Championships in Armenia. [ 12 ]Incidentally, Thapa was the lone international medalist from the team of seven boxers that travelled to Yerevan. [ 13 ]Though Thapa ended up with a bronze medal, [ 14 ]the coach expressed his satisfaction at the boxers performance who returned with their biggest haul of medals from this competition. [ 15 ] At the 2010 Asian Youth Boxing Championships in Tehran, Thapa failed to reach the semifinals in his category. [ 16 ]At the Second Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, Thapa was a part of the Indian team. This competition attracted a large number of boxers because it was the only qualification event for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. [ 17 ]Touted to be a strong gold medalist, Thapa lost the finals and ended up with a silver medal. An injured fist during the semifinal bout left him in poor shape before the final bout. After having qualified for the Summer Youth Olympics, [ 18 ]the Indian coach suggested Thapa with a 20-day break to recover from his injury. [ 19 ]At the Youth Olympics, Thapa won the silver medal in the 54-kg category after losing to a Cuban boxer in the finals. [ 20 ] Qualification to 2012 London Olympics In 2012 Asian Olympic Qualifiersheld in Astana, Kazakhstan, Shiva defeated Syrias Wessam Salamana18–11 to clinch the gold medal and qualified for 2012 London Olympicsin 56 kg category. [ 4 ]Thapa is the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for Olympics. [ 21 ]He, however, lost in the first round of the London Olympics, losing 9–14 to Mexicos Oscar Valdez Fierro in the (56 kg) Bantamweight category.
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