Hrachik Javakhyan ( hy, Հրաչիկ Ջավախյան, born on July 6, 1984, in

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n boxer best known to win gold at the

2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia from June 4 to June 13, 2010. It was the 38th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amate ...

and bronze at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.

Career

Javakhyan began boxing at the age of 14 under honored coach of Armenia, Gevorg Misakyan. Since 2005, he has been a member of the national team of Armenia. Javakhyan advanced all the wy to the finals at the

2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 13 to July 23. The 36th edition of this bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Medal winners M ...

where he met reigning Olympic and World Champion

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. Hrachik was defeated and won the silver medal. The following year, Javakhyan qualified for the

by reaching the quarterfinals at the

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. In 2008, at the Olympic Games, Javakhyan received a first round bye, defeated

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in the second round without losing a point and had a

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against Jong Sub-Baik. In the semifinals, Javakhyan faced Tishchenko again. Although he put up a better challenge than before, Javakhyan ultimately lost. Javakhyan was awarded an Olympic bronze medal, the first Olympic medal ever won by a boxer from the independent

. Javakhyan won a gold medal at the

Olympic Games Results

2008 *1st round bye *Defeated

(Nigeria) 12-0 *Defeated Jong Sub-Baik (South Korea) WO *Lost to

(Russia) 5-10

World Amateur Championships Results

2005 *Lost to Ibrahim Kamal (Canada) 18-29 2007 *Defeated

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(Latvia) 17-14 *Defeated

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(United States) 20-16 *Defeated

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(Philippines) 17-6 *Lost to

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(Italy) 12-27 2009 *Defeated

(Bulgaria) 11-1 *Lost to

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(Brazil) 3-10 2011 *Defeated

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(Germany) 17-11 *Lost to

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(Czech Republic) 6-10

European Championships Results

2006 *Defeated Ovidiu Bobirnat (Cyprus) 34-17 *Defeated

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(Poland) 20-10 *Defeated

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(Belarus) 25-16 *Lost to

(Russia) 15-39 2010 *Defeated

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(Finland) 11-2 *Defeated

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(Romania) 9-3 *Defeated

(Germany) 5-3 *Defeated

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(Ukraine) 5-1 *Defeated

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(Hungary) 3-2

References

External links

Javakhyan's biography
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