Yash Padshala, an international Thai boxing champion, has won gold at the Dubai Open Thaiboxing Championship 2022 and the Ninth National Thaiboxing Federation Cup 2023.
Padshala, 20, who is a student at Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam (SVGP) in Ahmedabad, said, “I have always wanted to make an identity and serve my country in some way. I started with Thai boxing in 2015, and have been in the sport for seven years.”
“There are two sections in Thai boxing — amateur and professional,” says his coach Amandeep Singh, who is a trainer at the National Institute of Sports Patiala and the general secretary of the All Gujarat Thai boxing Association.
The former is equipped with safety equipment, whereas the latter is an open ‘bare deadly’ fight. Yash took gold in both categories.”