Aleksei Viktorovich Tishchenko (russian: Алексей Викторович Тищенко; born 29 May 1984) is a former

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

n Olympic

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

best known to dominate the lower weight classes in the last years winning numerous titles. He was regarded as "one of the best

pound for pound Pound for pound is a ranking used in combat sports, such as boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts, of who the better fighters are irrespective of their weight, i.e. adjusted to compensate for weight class. As these fighters do not compete direc ...

Olympic boxers in the world". He was born in

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

Career

Pressure fighter Tishchenko won the Featherweight Gold medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the

2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Warsaw, Poland from March 30 to April 4, 2004 at the annual Feliks Stamm Boxing Tournament. The top two in each weight category gained entry into the 2004 Summer Olympics. Meda ...

Warsaw, Poland Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-cen ...

. Tishchenko also won the featherweight gold medal at the

2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, China, from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. Medal winners Medal table External lin ...

in Mianyang, China. In 2005 he was part of the

n team that won the 2005

Boxing World Cup The Boxing World Cup was an international boxing event organized by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), featuring boxers competing in different weight divisions. It was held from 1979 to 1998 as an individual competition and from 2002 to ...

. 2006 he went up to lightweight and immediately won the European title in Plovdiv. As of 2007 he has been elected into the Omsk Regional Duma for

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

. At the same year at the world championships he was upset by Englishman Frankie Gavin. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he benefitted from Gavin's absence and won the gold medal by defeating French boxer Daouda Sow in the final. On 11 February 2011 he announced about finishing his career.

Amateur results

2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece *Defeated

Hadj Belkheir Hadj Belkheir (born 12 May 1977 in Relizane) is a boxer from Algeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. He did not continue past the first round of the Featherweight (57 kg) division after ...

(Algeria) 37-17 *Defeated

Shahin Imranov Shahin Imranov ( az, Şahin İmranov) (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships. Career Imranov won a silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur Box ...

(Azerbaijan) RSC-3 (1:08) *Defeated

Galib Jafarov Galib Musa oglu Jafarov ( az, Qalib Musa oğlu Cəfərov); is a Kazakh boxer of Azerbaijani descent, best known to win the gold medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Featherweight (– 57 kg) division. Career In ...

(Kazakhstan) 40-22 *Defeated

Jo Seok-Hwan Jo Seok-Hwan (born October 15, 1979) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native East Asian country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Uzbe ...

(South Korea) 45-25 *Defeated Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 39-17 2006 European Amateur Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria *Defeated Odiseas Saridis (Greece) RSC-2 *Defeated Samet Huseinov (Bulgaria) AB-2 *Defeated

Oleksandr Klyuchko Oleksandr Klyuchko (Ukrainian: Олександр Ключко) (born July 11, 1984 in Mykolaiv) is an amateur boxer from Ukraine who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He has qualifi ...

(Ukraine) 42:29 *Defeated

Hrachik Javakhyan Hrachik Javakhyan ( hy, Հրաչիկ Ջավախյան, born on July 6, 1984, in Vanadzor, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian boxer best known to win gold at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships and bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics. ...

(Armenia) 39:15 2007 World Amateur Championships in Chicago, United States *Defeated Kim Joung-Won (South Korea) 27-20 *Defeated Hüsnü Koçabas (Netherlands) RSC 3 (1:34) *Defeated

Pichai Sayotha Pichai Sayotha ( th, พิชัย สายโยธา; ; born December 24, 1979) is a Thai amateur boxer best known for winning a silver medal in the lightweight category at the 2003 World Championships. Career Sayotha made his national d ...

(Thailand) RSC 3 (1:40) *Lost to Frankie Gavin (England) 10-19 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China *Defeated

Saifeddine Nejmaoui Saifeddine Nejmaoui (born May 5, 1981) is a Tunisian boxer who won the lightweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and twice competed at the Olympic Games: 2004 and 2008. In Athens 2004 he lost his first match to Frenchman Khedafi D ...

(Tunisia) 10-2 *Defeated Anthony Little (Australia) 11-3 *Defeated

Darley Pérez Darley or Darly may refer to: Places Australia * Darley, Victoria, a suburb of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria England * Darley Abbey, a village in Derbyshire * Darley Bridge, a bridge in Derbyshire * Darley Dale, a town in Derbyshire (Darley Bridge ...

(Colombia) 13-5 *Defeated

(Armenia) 10-5 *Defeated Daouda Sow (France) 11-9

References

External links

Official site of Tischenko
* 1984 births Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Living people Sportspeople from Omsk Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Russian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Featherweight boxers {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub