David Torosyan ( hy, Դավիթ Թորոսյան, born September 23, 1950 in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...
,
Armenian SSR) is a retired Olympic medalist
boxer for the
Soviet Union
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of
Armenia
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n descent.
Torosyan trained at
Trudovye Rezervy in his hometown of
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...
. He became well-known after winning the Soviet Youth Championships gold medal and European Junior Championships silver medal in 1970. Torosyan joined the USSR national boxing team shortly afterward.
After joining the Soviet national boxing team, Torosyan won a bronze medal at the
1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships
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. He was selected by the Soviet Olympic team to compete at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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. Torosyan advanced to the semifinals with relative ease, but was then controversially disqualified for a low blow. He won an Olympic bronze medal.
Torosyan worked as a boxing coach in
Armenia
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after retiring from his boxing career. He later emigrated to the United States, settling in Glendale, California, where he opened a gym. Torosyan coached Armenian-born American boxer
Vanes Martirosyan, who competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics.
1976 Olympic Games Results
*Round of 64: bye
*Round of 32: Defeated
Hassen Sheriff (Ethiopia) WO
*Round of 16: Defeated
Giovanni Camputaro (Italy) RSC 2
*Quarterfinal: Defeated
Jong Jo-Ung (North Korea) 5-0
*Semifinal: Lost to
Ramón Duvalón (Cuba) DQ 2 (was awarded bronze medal)
References
External links
Sports-Reference.com
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1950 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Yerevan
Soviet male boxers
Flyweight boxers
Olympic boxers of the Soviet Union
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in boxing
Soviet Armenians
Armenian male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics