Taras Shelestyuk

Taras Shelestyuk
Personal information
Full name Taras Shelestyuk
Тарас Олександрович Шелестюк[1]
Nationality  Ukraine
Born November 30, 1985 (1985-11-30) (age 26)
Sumy, Ukraine
Weight 69 kilograms (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Welterweight
Club Boxing Club Rating[1]

Taras Olexandrovich Shelestyuk[1] (Ukrainian: Тарас Олександрович Шелестюк;[1][3] born 30 November 1985) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer. Shelestyuk won the gold medal at Welterweight division at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku.

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Career

In the final of 2011 World Championships, he beat Serik Sapiyev from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds with 16–10 final score (5:2, 3:2, 8:6 per round).[3] Prior to the final, beating his opponents from Denmark, Cuba, France and Russia respectively, he qualified for 2012 Summer Olympics by reaching the quarter finals.[4] Along with his contribution, Ukraine Boxing National Team have topped the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championship overall medal table with 4 gold and 1 silver medals.[5] Additionally, climbing up 20 latters,[6] Shelestyuk captured the top spot at AIBA individual rankings with 1700 points, as of 31 October 2011, infront of Welsh Freddie Evans and Indian Vikas Krishan.[6][7]

Highlights

2011 World Championships
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Welterweight First Win Torben Keller 23-8
Second Win Carlos Banteurt 17-15
Third Win Alexis Vastine 18-11
Quarterfinal Win Andrey Zamkovoy (+)13-13
Semifinal Win Vikas Krishan 15-12
Final Win Serik Sapiyev 16-10
2010 European Championships
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Welterweight First Win Andrey Zamkovoy 6-3
Second Win Önder Şipal 4-2
Quarterfinal Win John Joe Joyce 9-1
Semifinal Loss Balazs Bacskai 4-2

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Новина - ШЕЛЕСТЮК ТАРАС". Ukrainian Boxing Federation. 27 August 2009. http://fbu.net.ua/news/show.php?id=399. Retrieved 12 November 2011.  (Ukrainian)
  2. ^ a b "Taras Shelestuk - Identity". the-sports-org.com. http://www.the-sports.org/amateur-boxing-shelestyuk-taras-results-identity-s21-c2-b4-o84-w128268.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Тарас Шелестюк – чемпион мира по боксу". sportonline.ua. 8 October 2011. http://www.sportonline.ua/news/fights/boxing/8888.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011.  (Ukrainian)
  4. ^ Hanyn, Sergiy (13 October 2011). "Чемпион мира по боксу Тарас Шелестюк получил приглашение во Францию". ubfk.kiev.org. http://ubf.kiev.ua/?p=2061. Retrieved 12 November 2011.  (Ukrainian)
  5. ^ "Boxing: Ukraine top medal table in Baku". olympic.org. 8 October 2011. http://www.olympic.org/boxing?articleid=143151. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Оновлений рейтинг AIBA". ubfk.kiev.org. 4 November 2011. http://ubf.kiev.ua/?p=2234. Retrieved 12 November 2011.  (Ukrainian)
  7. ^ "Men’s World Ranking". AIBA. http://www.aiba.org/en-US/Rankings/Mens_69.aspx. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 

External links

1974 – 2001: up to 67 kg  • 2003 – 2011: up to 69 kg

1974: Emilio Correa (CUB)  · 1978: Valery Rachkov (URS)  · 1982: Mark Breland (USA)  · 1986: Kenneth Gould (USA)  · 1989: Francisc Vaştag (ROM)  · 1991: Juan Hernández Sierra (CUB)  · 1993: Juan Hernández Sierra (CUB)  · 1995: Juan Hernández Sierra (CUB)  · 1997: Oleg Saitov (RUS)  · 1999: Juan Hernández Sierra (CUB)  · 2001: Lorenzo Aragón (CUB)  · 2003: Lorenzo Aragón (CUB)  · 2005: Erislandi Lara (CUB)  · 2007: Demetrius Andrade (USA)  · 2009: Jack Culcay-Keth (GER)  · 2011: Taras Shelestyuk (UKR)