Nshan Munchyan ( hy, Նշան Մունչյան, born June 24, 1963 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

) is a retired

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

n boxer. He is a former World, European, four-time Soviet and multi-time Armenian Champion.

Biography

Nshan started boxing in Armenia in 1976. He began boxing under the

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 ...

. Munchyan won a gold medal at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships. After the Union's fall in 1991, Munchyan began representing his native

. He won a gold medal at the

1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 7 to 16. The seventh edition of this competition, held nearly a year after the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Assoc ...

and a gold medal at the 1994

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

. He is the first boxer from the independent Armenia to win a medal in either competition. Munchyan competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

where, after receiving a first round bye, he lost to

Daniel Petrov Daniel Bozhilov Petrov ( bg, Даниел Божилов Петров) (born 8 September 1971 in Varna) is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the catego ...

, whom he previously defeated at the 1993 World Championships finals. Petrov went on to win the Olympic gold medal. He is married and has three children.

Olympic Games Results

1996 *1st round bye *Lost to

(Bulgaria) 5-11

World Amateur Championships Results

1986 *Lost to Luis Rolon (Puerto Rico) 1-4 1989 *Defeated Leszek Olszewski (Poland) RSC 1 *Defeated Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (Mongolia) 17-9 *Lost to

Rogelio Marcelo Rogelio Marcelo García (born June 11, 1965 in Guantánamo) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the early 1990s. Marcelo lost in 1989 and 1991 at the world championships finals to A ...

(Cuba) 20-23 1993 *Defeated

Bernard Inom Bernard Inom (born August 25, 1973) is a retired boxer from France, who competed in the light flyweight division during the 1990s. He won the silver medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeat ...

(France) 23-9 *Defeated Eduard Gaifulin (Russia) 11-0 *Defeated

Albert Guardado Albert Guardado (born July 11, 1973) is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight division (&ndas ...

(United States) 7-2 *Defeated

(Bulgaria) 8-6 1995 *Defeated Pal Lakatos (Hungary) 11-11 *Lost to

Andrzej Rzany Andrzej is the Polish language, Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej

* Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrew Bobola, Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–16 ...

(Poland) 6-6

European Championships Results

1987 *1st round bye *Defeated

Robert Isaszegi The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(Hungary) 5-0 *Defeated Adrian Amzer (Romania) 5-0 *Defeated Krasimir Cholakov (Bulgaria) 4-1 1989 *Defeated

Luigi Castiglione Luigi "Gino" Castiglioni (born April 8, 1967 in San Severo, Apulia) is a former professional boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal at the 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the final of the light fly ...

(Italy) 4-1 *Lost to

(Hungary) DQ 3 1991 *Defeated

Jan Quast Jan Quast (born 9 January 1970 in Rostock) is a German former boxer who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the late 1980s, early 1990s. Boxing career As a junior he won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Junior ...

(Germany) 25-20 *Lost to Pal Lakatos (Hungary) 19-23

World Cup Results

1994 *Defeated

Bulat Jumadilov Bolat Zhumadilov (Болат Жумадилов; born April 22, 1973) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Four years earlier at the 1996 Summer Olympics he ...

(Kazakhstan) 12-8 *Defeated

(France) 13-8 *Defeated Pramunasak Phosuwan (Thailand) 11-6 *Defeated

Rafael Lozano Rafael Lozano Muñoz (born January 25, 1970, in Córdoba, Andalusia) is a former boxer from Spain. Professional career Known as "Balita", Lozano turned pro in 2001. In 2006, he challenged Brahim Asloum for the WBA Intercontinental Flyweigh ...

(Spain) 15-6

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munchyan, Nshan 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan Light-flyweight boxers Flyweight boxers Soviet male boxers Olympic boxers of Armenia Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Armenian male boxers Soviet Armenians AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Goodwill Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games