Elias Pavlidis

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Elias Pavlidis
Personal information
Full nameΗλίας Παυλίδης
NationalityGreek
Born (1978-05-04) May 4, 1978 (age 45)
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classHeavyweight
ClubPAOK, Thessaloniki
Medal record
European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Dublin Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2008 Cetniewo Heavyweight

Elias Pavlidis (born May 4, 1978, in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk), sometimes written Helias or Ilias Pavlidis, is a Greek amateur boxer best known to compete at the Athens Olympics 2004. He was born in Russia.

Career

At the 2003 World Championships he lost his first bout in the men's light-heavyweight division to eventual winner Evgeny Makarenko from Russia.

At the

Athens, Greece by defeating Kazakhstan's Beibut Shumenov
in the final of the light heavyweight division.

He went up a division to Heavyweight 201 lbs limit in 2007 and was more successful winning the

2007 EU boxing championships where he defeated future world champion Clemente Russo
in the final 13:8.

At the World Championships he was defeated by John M'Bumba.

In Beijing he lost his second bout to Osmay Acosta.

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