Viktor Petrov ( uk, Віктор Петров; 16 May 1996) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer in the welterweight division. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Games.Petrov brings the third boxing bronze
sport-olymp.com, 25 June 2015 (in Ukrainian). Petrov started boxing in

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where his father (also Viktor) opened a boxing school. He studied at the Ivano-Frankivsk Physical Training College. He was also coached by A. Chumakov. He is a multiple medalist of junior boxing championships, including gold medals of the 2011 European Junior Boxing Championships in

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and 2012 European Junior Boxing Championships in

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, silver medal of the 2014 World Junior Boxing Championships in

, bronze medal of the 2011 World Junior Boxing Championships in

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. He competed at the

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where he lost in quarterfinals to the future champion

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from Italy. Petrov achieved his first international success at the 2015 European Games in Baku. He first won against Ayrin Ismetov from Bulgaria, Hovhannes Bachkov from Armenia and Clarence Goyeram from Sweden, but he lost in semifinals to Lorenzo Sotomayor from Azerbaijan and won a bronze medal. At the 2015 World Championships in

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, he but lost in round of 32 to Danielito Zorrilla from Puerto Rico. In 2016, Petrov tried to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He first participated in the European Qualification Tournament in

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. There he lost to Batuhan Gözgeç from Turkey in round of 16. Then he competed in the World Qualifying Tournament in Baku where he lost in round of 64 to

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from the United States. At the 2021 World Championships in Belgrade, he won against Evgenii Kool from Russia, but lost in round of 16 to Wanderson de Oliveira from Brazil.

References

External links

Petrov's profile at boxrec.com

Viktor Petrov in Instagram
1996 births Living people Ukrainian male boxers Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine European Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Welterweight boxers 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-boxing-bio-stub