Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Personal information
Full name	Gaydarbek Abdulayevich Gaydarbekov
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1976-10-06) October 6, 1976 Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Middleweight
Club	Dynamo, Kaspiyusk
Medal record 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 in Kaspiysk, USSR) is a Russian boxer of Avar heritage, who has won one Olympic medal 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 in the 2004 Olympic finals. Despite his brilliant amateur pedigree, he never turned professional.^[1]

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

External links

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