Araik Ambartsumov is a Russian

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descent who won the silver medal at the

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in the

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division.

Russian national championships

Ambartsumov won a gold medal in the 2008

Russian senior national championships beating Ruslan Kamilov in the final by 6:4.

European Amateur Championships

Following his victory in the national championships Ambartsumov then represented Russia at the

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. He won a silver medal after losing to the

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7:1 in the final.

European Championships results

2008 (as a Featherweight) *Preliminary round - BYE *Second round Defeated Alessio di Savino (Italy) 4:1 *Quarter Finals Defeated Mirsa Ahmeti (Albania) 13:0 *Semi Finals Defeated Bashir Hassan (Sweden) 9:2 *Finals Lost to

(Ukraine) 7:1

References

1983 births Living people Featherweight boxers Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent Russian male boxers {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub