Gaurav Solanki was born on 21 January 1997 in Ballabgarh of Faridabad district.

His father, Vijay Pal Singh, is an electrician and has an electric shop.

His younger brother, Saurav is a boxer and trains at a local boxing academy in the 46-49 kg category.

[2] In Ballabgarh village, there was a lack of sports culture and very few people came forward to inspire Gaurav to pursue boxing.

[5] After the bout, the final scores made by five judges were 29-28, 30-25, 29-28, 28-29, 29-28, giving the gold medal in the Flyweight 52 kg category of male boxing event to Gaurav and making him the first Indian male boxer to win a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.