Vikas Thakur | |
Native Name Lang: | hindi |
Nationality: | Indian |
Birth Place: | Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India[1] |
Height: | 1.72m (05.64feet) |
Weight: | 96kg (212lb) |
Country: | India |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Event: | weightlifting |
Coach: | B.S. Medhwan |
Nationals: | 9 Time National champion,india record holder |
Pb: | Snatch 159kg, clean jerk 200 kg |
Show-Medals: | y |
Vikas Thakur (born 14 November 1993) is an Indian weightlifter from Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) who won silver in the men's 85 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland.[2] He won a bronze in the 94 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in The Gold Coast.[3] He won the silver medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[4] [5]