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Boxing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Middleweight
The men's middleweight boxing competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 8 to 20 August at the Riocentro. Schedule All times are Time in Brazil, BrasÃlia Time (UTC−03:00, UTC−3). Results Finals Top half Bottom half 1 O'Reilly was ejected from the competition after being suspended when a sample he provided prior to coming to Rio tested positive for a banned substance. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's middleweight Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riocentro
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, Riocentro was the target of a terrorist attack by hardliner members of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985). Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário and then-Captain Wilson Dias Machado, nowadays a Colonel, were responsible for detonating two bombs at the venue. Around 9 p.m., however, one of the bombs exploded in the lap of Sergeant Rosário, killing him and seriously wounding Machado. A second bomb exploded a few miles away at a powerhouse responsible for providing electrical energy to Riocentro; it was thrown over the fence and exploded on the ground, and the electric power supply was never interrupted that evening. The government immediately blamed left-wing radicals for the attack. This theory had no support at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly
Janibek Alimkhanuly (also spelled as Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, born 1 April 1993) is a Kazakh professional boxer and unified middleweight champion who has held the WBO title since 2022, and the IBF title since October 2023. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2013 World Championships, 2013 Asian Championships and 2014 Asian Games. He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division, losing in the quarter-finals. He won the WBO Interim middleweight title on May 21, 2022, before being elevated to full champion on August 30, 2022, and he then won the IBF title on October 14, 2023. Early life Alimkhanuly began boxing at the age of six because of his father and grandfather's love of the sport. His first fight was at six and he lost that match. Professional career Early career Alimkhanuly made his professional debut in 29 Oct 2016 against Milton Núñez, a former opponent of Alimkhanuly's fellow countryman Gennady Golovkin, on 29 October 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Önder Şipal
Önder Åžipal (born 1 May 1987) is a Turkish amateur boxing, amateur boxer competing in the welterweight (69 kg) division. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club. His brother Onur Åžipal is also an amateur boxer. Career Åžipal participated at the Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, 2005 Mediterranean Games in AlmerÃa, Spain and won a bronze medal. He boxed a gold medal at the Turkey at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy. At the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he lost his first match against Ionut Gheorghe. He won the gold medal in welterweight division at the 2010 World University Boxing Championship held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. References 1987 births Living people Fenerbahçe boxers Welterweight boxers Turkish male boxers Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Turkey Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Conwell
Charles Albert Shone Conwell (born November 2, 1997) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Professional career On October 12, 2019, Conwell fought Patrick Day Patrick Day (August 9, 1992 – October 16, 2019) was an American professional boxer. He died from brain trauma sustained in a knockout loss against Charles Conwell. Early life and education Day was born to Haitian immigrants in Freeport, N .... In what was supposed to be a competitive fight, Conwell managed to get the better of Day, dropping him three times in rounds four, eight and ten. The third knockdown was the most devastating out of all, with Conwell catching his opponent with a big right hand behind the ear, followed by a sweeping left hook that immediately sent Day to the canvas in brutal fashion. Day was reported to be unconscious and suffered a seizure on the way to the hospital. A few days after, it was announced that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikas Krishan Yadav
Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal in 75 kg weight category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is one of the best boxers of India. He also boxed professionally. Due to the ban on the Boxing Federation of India in 2015, Vikas competed at the World and Asian Championships under the AIBA flag. Vikas Krishan Yadav is the second Indian boxer after Olympian Vijender Singh to qualify for Olympics for the third time. Personal life and family Yadav was born in Singhwa Khas village in Hisar district. His father, Krishan Kumar, is an employee in the Electricity Department. In 1994 he came to Bhiwani along with his father, who was transferred to this city by his workplace. In 2003, at the age of 10, Yadav joined the Bhiwani Boxing Club. Later, he received training at the Army Sports Institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hosam Bakr Abdin
Hossam Hussein Bakr Abdin (born October 26, 1985) is an Egyptian boxer who won a welterweight bronze at the 2007 All-Africa Games and later qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won gold in his weight division at the African Championships in 2015 and then silver in 2017. Career At the Arab Championships, he lost to Tunisian Rached Merdassi but won the PanArab Games later that year. At the All-Africa Games he was knocked out in the semifinal by Ghanaian Bastir Samir and won bronze. He also participated at the 2007 World Championships. At the Olympic qualifier, he defeated Choaib Oussaci of Algeria 16–6. In his first Olympic match he defeated Non Boonjumnong of Thailand 11–10, in the quarter final he lost to Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merven Clair
Merven Clair (born 2 July 1993) is a Mauritian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Hosam Bakr Abdin. He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack. At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from Uganda. He won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the Nigerian boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final. At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Vivas
Jorge Vivas (born 22 January 1988) is a Colombian boxer. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the middleweight class. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In June 2021, he qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... References External links * 1988 births Living people Middleweight boxers Colombian male boxers Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games boxers for Colombia Olympic boxers for Colombia Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists in boxing South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Ntsengue
Dieudonne Wilfred Seyi Ntsengue (born 23 January 1998) is a Cameroonian professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was defeated by Egypt's Hosam Bakr Abdin in the round of 16. He was the flag bearer for Cameroon for both the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ... in the men's middleweight event. Professional boxing record References External links * 1998 births Living people Middleweight boxers Cameroonian male boxers Olympic boxers for Cameroon Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) African Games gold medalists for Cameroon Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waheed Abdul-Ridha
Waheed Abdul-Ridha Waheed Karaawi (born May 22, 1983) is an Iraqi boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ... in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Misael RodrÃguez. He was the flag bearer for Iraq at the Parade of Nations. References 1983 births Living people Iraqi male boxers 21st-century Iraqi sportsmen Olympic boxers for Iraq Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Iraq Middleweight boxers {{Iraq-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Chebotarev
Artem Nikolayevich Chebotarev (; born 26 October 1988 in Stepnoye, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Russian amateur boxer who competes in the -75 kg weight division. He won a bronze medal at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Biography Artem Chebotarev was born in the village of Stepnoye, Saratov Oblast. He started boxing at the age of 11 with coach Yedilbai Kaziev. Sport career In 2016 he was the captain of the Olympic boxing team in Rio de Janeiro. Political career In 2016 he began his political career, he became a deputy of the Saratov City Duma. In 2020 he became the leader of the regional branch of the new party ''For Truth''. In 2021 he was elected chairman of the regional branch of the united party ''A Just Russia – For Truth Socialist Political Party "A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth" (SRZP), officially abbreviated as A Just Russia – For Truth, is a Social conservatism, social conservative and Social democracy, social-demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Minggang
Zhao Minggang (born 30 May 1988) is a Chinese boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... References External links * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Hebei People from Xingtai Chinese male boxers Olympic boxers for China Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Middleweight boxers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
