Maksym Volodymyrovych Tretyak (born 5 November 1984 in
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug.
It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. A ...
) is a
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
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from
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. Tretyak competed 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), ...
in
Athens, Greece
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and lost in the quarterfinals of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) to bronze medalist
Aghasi Mammadov
Aghasi Mammadov (born 1 June 1980) is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the bantamweight division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.
Career
Mammadov competed for Turkey for several years, under the name Ağ ...
.
Tretyak qualified for the Athens Games by finishing 2nd at the
1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from March 30 to April 4, 2004 during the annual Strandjata Boxing Tournament. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Europe to qualify for the 2004 Su ...
in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, losing to Hungary's
Zsolt Bedák.
References
sports-reference
1984 births
Living people
Bantamweight boxers
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Ukraine
Sportspeople from Vinnytsia
Ukrainian male boxers
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