David Torosyan ( hy, Դավիթ Թորոսյան, born September 23, 1950 in

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

, Armenian SSR) is a retired Olympic medalist boxer for the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

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 ' ...

n descent. Torosyan trained at Trudovye Rezervy in his hometown of

. He became well-known after winning the Soviet Youth Championships gold medal and European Junior Championships silver medal in 1970. Torosyan joined the USSR national boxing team shortly afterward. After joining the Soviet national boxing team, Torosyan won a bronze medal at the

1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships The World Amateur Boxing Championships, Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30. The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Summer Olym ...

. He was selected by the Soviet Olympic team to compete at the

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. Torosyan advanced to the semifinals with relative ease, but was then controversially disqualified for a low blow. He won an Olympic bronze medal. Torosyan worked as a boxing coach in

after retiring from his boxing career. He later emigrated to the United States, settling in Glendale, California, where he opened a gym. Torosyan coached Armenian-born American boxer Vanes Martirosyan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

1976 Olympic Games Results

*Round of 64: bye *Round of 32: Defeated Hassen Sheriff (Ethiopia) WO *Round of 16: Defeated Giovanni Camputaro (Italy) RSC 2 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Jong Jo-Ung (North Korea) 5-0 *Semifinal: Lost to Ramón Duvalón (Cuba) DQ 2 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

External links

Sports-Reference.com

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