Vijender akakwikwidza kumaOlympics ezhizha ra2004 kuAthens, muboka rewelterweight, asi akarasikirwa naMustafa Karagollu wekuTurkey nechikamu che20<unk>25. Mumitambo yeCommonwealth ya2006, akakunda Neil Perkins wekuEngland mumasemifinal asi akarasikirwa naBongani Mwelase wekuSouth Africa mumutambo wekupedzisira, nokudaro achibva awana menduru yesirivha. Akasarudza kukwira muhuremu uye Vijender akatora chikamu muchikamu chepakati (75 kg) pa2006 Asian Games
muDoha, uko akahwina menduru yebronze mumutambo wakarasika wehafu yekupedzisira kurwisa Bakhtiyar Artayev weKazakhstan aine zvibodzwa zvekupedzisira zve24<unk>29. Pakutanga Vijender akanga asingafaniri kukwikwidza nekuda kwekukuvara kumusana, asi akapora munguva yakakodzera kuti akunde mutambo uye akakodzera ku2008 Beijing Olympics.