Mikhail Yurchenko
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Mikhail Yurchenko (russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ю́рченко; born 20 June 1970) is a retired boxer from
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
, who competed for his native country in the Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...
. There he was defeated in the second round by Russia's eventual bronze medalist
Alexei Lezin Alexei Vladimirovich Lezin (russian: Алексей Владимирович Лeзин, born February 27, 1973) is a Russian former amateur boxer, who won the Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Accomplishments *1993 comp ...
.


External links

*
sports-reference
1970 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Kazakhstan Kazakhstani male boxers Kazakhstani people of Russian descent {{Kazakhstan-Olympic-medalist-stub