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Shiva Thapa was born on 8 December, 1993 in Guwahati, Assam, India, is an Indian boxer. Discover Shiva Thapa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 30 years old?
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30 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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8 December 1993 |
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8 December |
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Guwahati, Assam, India |
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India
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He is a member of famous Boxer with the age 30 years old group.
Shiva Thapa Height, Weight & Measurements
At 30 years old, Shiva Thapa height is 5′ 7″ and Weight Bantamweight (54 kg).
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5′ 7″ |
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Bantamweight (54 kg) |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Shiva Thapa Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Shiva Thapa worth at the age of 30 years old? Shiva Thapa’s income source is mostly from being a successful Boxer. He is from India. We have estimated Shiva Thapa's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Shiva Thapa Social Network
Timeline
Shiva Thapa (born 8 December 1993) is an Indian boxer.
At the 2008 Children Asia International Sports Games that was held in Yakutsk (Russia) Shiva Thapa won a bronze medal in his category.
At the same year's Haider Aliyev Cup, he won the gold medal.
Owing to this performance, he was chosen to represent India in the 52-kg category at the 2009 Junior World Boxing Championships in Armenia.
Incidentally, Thapa was the lone international medalist from the team of seven boxers that travelled to Yerevan.
Though Thapa ended up with a bronze medal, the coach expressed his satisfaction at the boxers' performance who returned with their biggest haul of medals from this competition.
At the 2010 Asian Youth Boxing Championships in Tehran, Thapa failed to reach the semifinals in his category.
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.
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, the Indian coach suggested Thapa with a 20-day break to recover from his injury.
At the Youth Olympics, Thapa won the silver medal in the 54-kg category after losing to a Cuban boxer in the finals.
Thapa participated in the 2012 London Olympics, and was the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics.
Thapa is ranked 3rd in the bantamweight category in the AIBA Men's World Ranking.
He is the third Indian to clinch gold at the Asian Games.
Thapa is the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the AIBA World Boxing Championships.
Thapa has been elected as a member of the International Boxing Association (amateur) Athletes Committee.
Shiva Thapa is the youngest of six children born to an Indian Gorkha father Padam Thapa, a karate instructor in Guwahati.
His elder brother Gobind Thapa was an Assam state-level medal winning boxer; Mike Tyson's bouts also inspired him to take the sport seriously.
Shiva rose as early as 3 a.m. to balance his training and studies.
Padam ensured that the monthly expenditure of inr 30000 was taken care of.
In 2012 Asian Olympic Qualifiers held in Astana, Kazakhstan, Shiva defeated Syria's Wessam Salamana 18–11 to clinch the gold medal and qualified for 2012 London Olympics in 56 kg category.
Thapa is the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for Olympics.
He, however, lost in the first round of the London Olympics, losing 9–14 to Mexico's Oscar Valdez Fierro in the (56 kg) Bantamweight category.
The Government of Assam rewarded him with inr 100000.
The Indian Olympic Association awarded him with inr 400000 while congratulating him for his silver medal at the Youth Olympics, and government of Sikkim awarded him 500,000 rupees cash.
In July 2013, Shiva 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.
Thapa became one of the first boxers from India to get a World Series of Boxing Contract.
Maneesh Bahuguna, the CEO of his managing firm, Anglian Medal Hunt Company was quoted as having said, "Shiva’s outstanding achievements made him an undisputed choice for WSB. At such a young age, he has undeviating focus and love for his sport."
Shiva Thapa has been ranked 3rd in the bantamweight category in the latest AIBA Men's World Ranking.
In 2013, Thapa was named 'Assamese of the Year' and was also 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.
He fought the second bout against Team Germany's Edgar Walth in Frankfurt.
He was featured as one of the new youth leaders in India Today's '2014 Power of the New'.
Thapa is a consistent promoter of social causes, having participated in charity walkathons and marathons.
Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation to identify and support Indian athletes, decided to support the young boxer as a part of their Vision 2016 initiative.
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 India's top boxing stars in the near future."