Andrey Zamkovoy

Andrey Zamkovoy
Personal information
Born 4 July 1987 (1987-07-04) (age 31)
Svobodny, Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)

Andrey Viktorovoich Zamkovoy (Russian: Андрей Викторович Замковой; born 4 July 1987 in Svobodny, Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships and bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, southpaw Zamkovoy upset two-time world champion Serik Sapiyev in the semifinal but was surprised himself in the final by German Jack Culcay-Keth (2009 results).

At the 2012 Summer Olympics (Results) he won his first three fights, beating Maimaitituersun Qiong, Adam Nolan and Errol Spence before losing his semifinal to Serik Säpïev, who went on to win the gold medal.[1]

References

  1. "Andrey Zamkovoy Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-02-03.


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