Denis Sergeyevich Sergeev or Denis Sergeyevich Sergeyev (Денис Сергеевич Сергеев; born March 21, 1982, in Vladimir Oblast, Russia) is a Russian amateur boxer who won the silver medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the super heavyweight division.
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Russia
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| Men's boxing | ||
| European Amateur Championships | ||
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2008 Liverpool | Super Heavyweight |
Career edit
Sergeev won a bronze in the 2005 Super-heavyweight Russian senior national championships losing 29:14 to Vladislav Vasilev and won a bronze again in 2006 losing to Magomed Abdusalamov in the semi-final by 49:44. The following year in 2007 he won the title beating European champion Islam Timurziev 22:19 in the final and followed the success up in 2008 beating Shamil Gadzhiev to win the title.[1]
In November 2007, Sergeev won the "Good Luck Beijing" International Boxing Tournament at the Beijing Workers' Indoor Arena, China, beating Michael Hunter of the USA 21-18 in the final.[2][3]
European Amateur Championships 2008 edit
Sergeev represented Russia at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England. He won a silver medal after being defeated in the final 9:2 by Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.[4] 2008 (as a Super heavyweight)
- Preliminary round Defeated Andrew Wyn Jones (Wales) RSC4
- Quarter-finals Defeated Mikhaili Sheibak (Belarus) 7-2
- Semi-finals Defeated Memnun Hadzic (Bosnia) RTD3
- Finals Lost to Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) 9-2
2009 edit
At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to Viktar Zuyev and didn't medal.
References edit
- ^ "Russian National Championships". STRAFA. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Medallists by weight category" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ "Denis Sergeev lifts +91kg trophy". Boxing 2007. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "2008 European Boxing Championships Results Service". Amateur Boxing Association of England. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
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