Serik Konakbaev
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Serik Kerimbekuly Konakbaev ( kk, Серік Керімбекұлы Қонақбаев, ''Serık Kerımbekūly Qonaqbaev''; russian: Серик Керимбекович Конакбаев; born October 25, 1959 in Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR) is a retired
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, who represented the USSR at the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the
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division (– 63.5 kg), after being defeated in the final by Patrizio Oliva of Italy. Two years later he once again captured the silver medal, this time at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.


Olympics


1980 Olympic results

* Defeated Simion Cuţov (Romania) by unanimous decision, 5–0 * Defeated
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(Hungary) RET 2 * Defeated José Angel Molina (Puerto Rico) by walkover * Defeated José Aguilar (Cuba) by majority decision, 4–1 * Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) by majority decision, 1–4


1984 Olympics

Konakbayev came to attention of Howard Cosell, and after the Soviet Olympic authorities announced the USSR team wouldn't show up at the
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, where Konakbayev had genuine chances to compete for the gold medal at the welterweight event of the Games, Cosell said:Howard Cosell on the 1984 Summer Olympics boxing


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by Kyle McLachlan (''Bad Left Hook'', February 15, 2015). Living people Soviet male boxers Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union 1959 births Olympic medalists in boxing Members of the Mazhilis Kazakhstani male boxers Sportspeople from Pavlodar AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportsperson-politicians {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub