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Viktor Zuyev
Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu ( be, Ві́ктар Вале́р'евіч Зу́еў, Viktar Valeryevich Zuyew, Łacinka: ''Viktar Valierjevič Zujeŭ''; russian: Ви́ктор Вале́рьевич Зу́ев; born May 22, 1983) is a former amateur boxer from Belarus, best known for winning the heavyweight silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Career The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004. Olympic Results 2004: *Defeated Daniel Betti (Italy) RSC 1 (1:15) *Defeated Devin Vargas (United States) 36-27 *Defeated Mohamed Elsayed (Egypt) walkover, Elsayed broke his arm in quarterfinal. *Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte (Cuba) 13-22 Since then he suffered several setbacks. 2005 he lost at the world championships early to Cuban Luis Ortiz. 2006 he suffered a KO 1 to Elchin Alizade at the Euros. 2007 at the world championships he exited early against Lithuania's Vitalijus Subacius. In 2008 he turned th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest city. It is served by Vitebsk Vostochny Airport and Vitebsk Air Base. History Before 1945 Vitebsk developed from a river harbor where the Vićba River (Віцьба, from which it derives its name) flows into the larger Daugava River, Western Dvina, which is spanned in the city by the Kirov Bridge. Archaeological research indicates that Baltic tribes had settlements at the mouth of Vitba. In the 9th century, Slavic settlements of the tribal union of the Krivichs replaced them. According to the ''Chronicle of Michael Brigandine'' (1760), Princess Olga of Kiev founded Vitebsk (also recorded as Dbesk, Vidbesk, Videbsk, Vitepesk, or Vicibesk) in 974. Other versions give 947 or 914. Academician Boris Rybakov and historian Leonid Alekseyev ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of and with a population of 9.4 million, Belarus is the List of European countries by area, 13th-largest and the List of European countries by population, 20th-most populous country in Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into Regions of Belarus, seven regions. Minsk is the capital and List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, largest city. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle (born 22 March 1980) is an Italian amateur boxing, amateur boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 2009 (Milan) as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He won a silver medal in 2012 London Olympic Games, losing to Anthony Joshua. Biography Roberto Cammarelle was born in Cinisello Balsamo (province of Milan, Milan), from Basilicata, Lucanian parents, his father Angelo Cammarelle is from Rionero in Vulture and his mother Giovanna Caraffa from Filiano. He is a member of the Polizia di Stato, Italian State Police. Amateur medals He also won a Olympic medalists in boxing, Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. The Southpaw stance, southpaw also won the bronze medal at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Sergeev
Denis Sergeyevich Sergeev or Denis Sergeyevich Sergeyev (Денис Сергеевич Сергеев; born March 21, 1982, in Vladimir Oblast, Russia) is a Russian amateur boxer who won the silver medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the super heavyweight division. Career Sergeev won a bronze in the 2005 Super-heavyweight Russian senior national championships losing 29:14 to Vladislav Vasilev and won a bronze again in 2006 losing to Magomed Abdusalamov in the semi-final by 49:44. The following year in 2007 he won the title beating European champion Islam Timurziev 22:19 in the final and followed the success up in 2008 beating Shamil Gadzhiev to win the title. In November 2007, Sergeev won the ''"Good Luck Beijing"'' International Boxing Tournament at the Beijing Workers' Indoor Arena, China, beating Michael Hunter (American boxer), Michael Hunter of the USA 21-18 in the final. European Amateur Championships 2008 Sergeev represented Russia at the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Tomasović (boxer)
Marko Tomasović (born November 10, 1981) is a Croatian Boxer and Kickboxer, best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at super heavyweight. He is tall and weights . Career In 2005 Marko entered the W.A.K.O. World Amateur Kickboxing Championships in Szeged, Hungary where he made it to the final of the heavyweight division (91 kg/200.2 lbs) in Full-Contact - only to lose out on a gold medal against Denys Simkin. As an amateur boxer in 2007 Marko made it to the 2007 World Championships where he lost his first bout to David Price. He also returned to kickboxing that year with W.A.K.O. for the world championships in Coimbra, Portugal making the final of the super heavyweight division and winning a silver medal. At the Olympic qualifications he defeated Kurban Günebakan, got a walkover over Magomed Abdusalamov and surprisingly beat Robert Helenius 16:7, thus qualifying for Beijing. In Beijing at the Summer Olympics he ran right into Italian world champion Roberto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Bence
Didier Bence (born August 14, 1987) is a Canadian professional heavyweight boxer from Laval, Quebec. He is best known for becoming a Canadian amateur boxing champion as a teenager and winning bronze at the 2007 Pan American Games, defeating two-time US champion Mike Wilson twice in the process due to controversial stoppage at the 1:03 mark of the third round. Being the most favorable participant of Pan American Games, walked away due to severe injury in his semifinal against Colombian Oscar Rivas and lost by walkover which earned him bronze. This injury didn't stop him to pursue his dream in commonwealth games Joseph Parker and turning professional in 2011. Amateur career Bence, who was coached by Claude Bélanger, is 6 feet 1 inches tall and weighs 230 pounds, relying on extraordinary speed and power as a heavyweight. Bence started boxing at the age of 14 and won the Canadian junior championships in 2005 and 2006 and the senior title at super heavyweight in 2007 till 2010. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemente Russo
Clemente Russo (born 27 July 1982) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2007 and 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight (201 lbs limit). He currently boxes for the Italia Thunder team in the World Series of Boxing league. He also signed up for the AIBA professional league, the APB, which launched in autumn 2013. Personal life Russo works as a police officer. He is married to former international judo competitor Laura Maddaloni; they have a daughter. Career Russo qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by finishing in second place at the 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. At the Games Russo, who works as a policeman and who hails from Campania, fought at light heavyweight. He ran right into eventual winner Andre Ward from the USA and was eliminated early. He moved up to the 201 lbs category and exited early at the World championships 2005 and the European championships 2006. In 2007 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitalijus Subacius
Vitalijus is a Lithuanian masculine given name. ''Vitalijus''. Retrieved 1 March 2019. People bearing the name Vitalijus include: * (born 1966), Lithuanian boxer * (born 1983), Lithuanian footballer * (born 1985), Lithuanian alpine skier * |
Elchin Alizade
Elchin Alizade ( az, Elçin Əlizadə) (born 2 January 1986) is an Azerbaijani amateur boxer best known for winning silver at the 2005 World championships at heavyweight 201 lbs limit. Career In 2001 he won silver against Ismail Sillakh at 67 kg, in 2002 he won the bronze medal at 71 kg at the U17 (cadets) World Championships. At junior level he won two more bronzes at 201 lbs/91 kg, at the 2004 junior Retrieved 2010-12-10. world championships and at the 2005 junior European championships where he lost the semifinal to Sergey Kalchugin. He won silver when he lost the |
Mohamed Elsayed
:''Mohamed Elsayed is also the alias of Mohamed Atta'' Mohamed Elsayed ( ar, محمد السيد) is an Egyptian boxing, boxer who competed in the heavyweight class (81 – 91 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career In 2003 he captured the silver medal in his weight division at the Boxing at the 2003 All-Africa Games, All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria when he lost the final to local Emmanuel Izonritei. At the Olympics he made it to the semi finals, but was stopped when a medical test revealed that he had a broken arm. He did receive a bronze medal. Olympic results *Defeated Igor Alborov (Kazakhstan) 18-18, countback decision *Defeated Adam Forsyth (Australia) 27-12 *Lost to Viktar Zuyev (Belarus) walk-over References External links Mohamed Elsayed at Egyptian Olympic Committee 1973 births Living people Olympic boxers of Egypt Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Heavyweight boxers Olympic medalists in boxing Egyptian male boxers Medalists at the 2004 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin Vargas
Devin Vargas (born December 25, 1981) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and competed at the 2004 Olympics, both in the heavyweight division. Amateur career Vargas had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional. Vargas was the National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion in 2000 and 2001. In 2003 he stopped Mike Marrone but was stopped inside the distance by eventual winner Charles Ellis. He became US champion in 2003. In international fights he lost twice to Kertson Manswell in 2003 but beat him in 2004 to qualify for the Olympics. Vargas qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens as a heavyweight representing the United States. His results were: *1st round - Defeated Rachid El Haddak (Morocco) RSC-3 (1:20) *2nd round - Lost to Viktar Zuyev (Belarus) 27-3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
