Dmytro Yuriyovych Mytrofanov ( uk, Дмитро Юрійович Митрофанов, born 8 November 1989) is a Ukrainian

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professional boxer. He won the national title in 2008 and 2012 and a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championships. He competed at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, but was eliminated in the first bout.

Career

Mytrofanov was raised as an orphan – his mother died two months after his birth. His father soon remarried and left Dmytro with his grandparents, who both died by the time he entered a

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. Mytrofanov took up boxing in 2001, and in 2008 won his first national championship (It was held after the 2008 Olympics and was not an Olympic selection). His professional debut was made on 27 October 2017 with fight against an American boxer Brandon Maddox.

Professional boxing record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mytrofanov, Dmytro 1989 births Living people Ukrainian male boxers Olympic boxers for Ukraine Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Chernihiv Universiade medalists in boxing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine Middleweight boxers Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade