Aleksei Tishchenko
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Boxing | |||
Competitor for  Russia |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Featherweight | |
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 2005 Mianyang | Featherweight | |
| Bronze | 2007 Chicago | Lightweight | |
| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 2006 Plovdiv | Lightweight | |
Aleksei Viktorovich Tishchenko (Russian: Алексей Викторович Тищенко, born May 29, 1984) in Omsk, Russian Federation is a Russian amateur boxer best known to dominate the lower weight classes in the last years winning numerous titles. He is regarded as "one of the best pound for pound amateur boxers in the world"(USA Today).
[edit] Career
Pressure fighter Tichtchenko won the Featherweight Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Tichtchenko also won the featherweight gold medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China.
2006 he went up to lightweight and immediately won the European title in Plovdiv.
As of 2007 he has been elected into the Omsk Regional Duma for United Russia.
At the world championships he was upset by Englishman Frankie Gavin (boxer)
[edit] Amateur results
2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece
- Defeated Hadj Belkheir (Algeria) 37-17
- Defeated Shahin Imranov (Azerbaijan) RSC 3 (1:08)
- Defeated Galib Jafarov (Kazakhstan) 40-22
- Defeated Jo Seok-Hwan (South Korea) 45-25
- Defeated Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 39-17
2007 World amateur championships in Chicago, United States
- Defeated Kim Joung-Won (South Korea) 27-20
- Defeated Husnu Kocabas (Netherlands) RSC 3 (1:34)
- Defeated Pichai Sayota (Thailand) RSC 3 (1:40)
- Lost to Frankie Gavin (England) 10-19
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