28 Facts About Shiva Thapa

Shiva Thapa was born on 8 December 1993 and is an Indian boxer.

Shiva Thapa is ranked 3rd in the bantamweight category in the AIBA Men's World Ranking.

Shiva Thapa is the third Indian to clinch gold at the Asian Games.

Shiva Thapa is the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the AIBA World Boxing Championships.

Shiva Thapa has been elected as a member of the International Boxing Association Athletes Committee.

Shiva Thapa is the youngest of six children born to an Indian Gorkha father Padam Thapa, a karate instructor in Guwahati.

Shiva Thapa's elder brother Gobind Thapa was an Assam state-level medal winning boxer; Mike Tyson's bouts inspired him to take the sport seriously.

Shiva Thapa rose as early as 3 am to balance his training and studies.

Shiva Thapa must be groomed well because he has the talent, the right attitude and the hunger to succeed.

At the 2008 Children Asia International Sports Games that was held in Yakutsk Shiva Thapa won a bronze medal in his category.

Incidentally, Shiva Thapa was the lone international medalist from the team of seven boxers that travelled to Yerevan.

At the 2010 Asian Youth Boxing Championships in Tehran, Shiva Thapa failed to reach the semifinals in his category.

At the Second Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, Shiva Thapa was a part of the Indian team.

At the Youth Olympics, Shiva Thapa won the silver medal in the 54-kg category after losing to a Cuban boxer in the finals.

Shiva Thapa is the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for Olympics.

In July 2013, Shiva Thapa became the youngest Indian to win a gold at the Asian Confederation Boxing Championship at Amman, Jordan.

Shiva Thapa participated in the 2013 World Boxing Championships, which was held at Almaty, Kazakhstan and on his debut Shiva reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship.

Shiva Thapa became one of the first boxers from India to get a World Series of Boxing Contract.

In 2013, Shiva Thapa was named 'Assamese of the Year' and was given the ICC Sports Excellence Award.

Shiva Thapa had his first bout under World Series of Boxing USA Knockouts against Ukraine Ottoman's Mykola Butsenko, World Championship Bronze medalist in Miami, Florida.

Shiva Thapa fought the second bout against Team Germany's Edgar Walth in Frankfurt.

Shiva Thapa was featured as one of the new youth leaders in India Today's '2014 Power of the New'.

Shiva Thapa is a consistent promoter of social causes, having participated in charity walkathons and marathons.

Shiva Thapa failed to get medals in both Commonwealth Games and Asian Games losing the bout in first round and quarterfinals respectively.

Shiva Thapa became only 3rd Indian to win a medal at AIBA World Boxing Championships when he won bronze.

Shiva Thapa won silver at 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Tashkent after an injury-forced loss to second seed and local favourite Elnur Abduraimov.

Shiva Thapa is employed with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.

Shiva Thapa is supported by Olympic Gold Quest and Anglian Medal Hunt Company.