Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Vijender ya fafata a Wasannin Olympics na Athens na 2004, a rukunin masu nauyi, amma ya yi rashin nasara ga Mustafa Karagollu na Turkiyya da ci 20<unk>25. A Wasannin Commonwealth na 2006, ya doke Neil Perkins na Ingila a wasan kusa da na karshe amma ya yi rashin nasara a kan Bongani Mwelase na Afirka ta Kudu a wasan karshe, don haka ya bar tare da lambar azurfa. Ya yanke shawarar matsawa sama da nauyi kuma Vijender ya shiga cikin matsakaicin nauyi (75 kg) a gasar cin kofin duniya na duniya.
Wasannin Asiya na 2006 a Doha, inda ya lashe lambar tagulla a wasan da ya yi a wasan kusa da na karshe da Bakhtiyar Artayev na Kazakhstan tare da sakamakon karshe na 24<unk>29. Da farko Vijender bai kamata ya yi gasa ba saboda raunin baya, amma ya dawo cikin lokaci don lashe gasar kuma ya cancanci shiga wasannin Olympics na Beijing na 2008.