Vasily Mikhailovich Egorov (russian: Василий Михайлович Егоров; born 16 September 1993 in

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) is a Russian boxer of Yakut descent in Light flyweight category. He won silver at the 2015 World Championships and gold at the 2015 European Championships.

Career

Egorov is born in the village of Hara in

. He started boxing after his elder brother, Nikolai took up boxing. At the 2013 Russian Championships. Egorov began competing in the category up to 49 kg. He reached the finals but lost to Balik Galanov. Thus, Egorov won a silver medal in the senior level at the Russian Nationals. At the 2014 Russian Championships up to 49 kg. In the 1/8 finals he defeated Gore Hakobyan. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Ivan Varlamov. In the semifinals, he defeated 2012 Olympic bronze medalist

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and in the final, he defeated Alexander Samoilov, becoming the Russian National champion. In 2015, he won gold at the 2015 European Championships and in October, Egorov competed in his first Worlds at the

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, Qatar but lost in the finals to

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Vasiliy Egorov
at The-Sports.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Egorov, Viasilii 1993 births Living people Russian male boxers Light-flyweight boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Olympic boxers for Russia Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World boxing champions Yakut people People from Yakutsk Sportspeople from Sakha