Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Russian boxer (born 1976)

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov in July 2017

Personal information

Native name

Гайдарбек Абдулович Гайдарбеков

Full name

Gaydarbek Abdulayevich Gaydarbekov

Nationality

Russian

Born

(1976-10-06) October 6, 1976 (age 47)
Kaspiysk, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb)

Sport

Boxing

Weight class

Middleweight

Club

Dynamo, Kaspiyusk

Medal record

Men's amateur boxing

Representing Russia
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Middleweight
	2000 Sydney	Middleweight
European Amateur Championships
	2004 Pula	Middleweight

Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov (Russian: Гайдарбек Абдулович Гайдарбеков) (born October 6, 1976) is a Russian boxer who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight, including the gold medal at the 2004 games. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Today he is perhaps best known for defeating future boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin, from Kazakhstan, in the 2004 Olympic finals. Despite his brilliant amateur pedigree, he never turned professional.^[1]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he got the silver medal after losing 15-17 in a closely contested final against Cuba's Jorge Gutiérrez.

Amateur highlights

Russian Champion 1999, 2001 and 2002
1994 2nd place as a Flyweight at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Results were:
- Defeated A. Kopanov (Kazakhstan) PTS (15-2)
- Defeated A. Mahdi (Algeria) DSQ-2
- Defeated Borislav Nikolov (Bulgaria) RSC-2
- Defeated Jesus Vega (USA) PTS (11-8)
- Lost to Alexander Jimenez (Cuba) PTS (3-11)
1998 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at the Goodwill Games in New York. Results were:
- Defeated Mohamed Hikal (Egypt) PTS (8-1)
- Defeated Jermain Taylor (USA) PTS (13-9)
- Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) PTS (5-16)
2001 won the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia. Results were:
- Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) RSC-1
- Defeated Paul Miller (Australia) PTS (9-5)
2004 won the European Championships in Pula, Croatia. Beat Lukas Wilaschek (Germany) in the final.

Olympic results

2000 Olympics

Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) 11-10
Defeated Eromosele Albert (Nigeria) 19-9
Defeated Jeff Lacy (USA) TKO 3
Defeated Zsolt Erdei (Hungary) 24-16
Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez (Cuba) 15-17

2004 Olympics

Defeated Christopher Camat (Philippines) 35-13
Defeated Sherzod Abdurahmonov (Uzbekistan) 33-19
Defeated Hassan Ndam Njikam (Cameroon) 26-13
Defeated Suriya Prasathinphimai (Thailand) 24-18
Defeated Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 28-18

References

^ "Gennady "GGG" Golovkin's 2004 Olympics Filled with Talent!".

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07.

Olympic boxing champions – men's middleweight

1904: 145–158 lb (65.8–71.7 kg) · 1908: 140–158 lb (63.5–71.7 kg) · 1920–1936: 147–160 lb (66.7–72.6 kg) · 1948: 67–73 kg · 1952–2000: 71–75 kg · 2004–2012: 69–75 kg · 2016–: 70–75 kg