Sergey Vodopyanov
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Full name | Сергей Водопьянов | |||||||||||
Nationality | Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Weight class | Bantamweight | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Sergey Vodopyanov (
Career
2004 - 2006
Vodopyanov won the silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships, where he lost to Hungarian Pál Bedák.
In 2006 he won the silver medal at flyweight at the Russian Championships, losing to three-times European champion Georgy Balakshin of Russia.
At the 2006 Junior World Championships he made an early exit against eventual champion
2007
He won the 2007 Russian Championships in the bantamweight category against Zinat Zhandybayev, 27:25.
In Chicago at the
2008 Beijing Olympics
He lost in the round of 16 in a 2008 Beijing Olympics bantamweight class fight to India's Akhil Kumar. The judges awarded the fight to Kumar with the scores tied 9-9 after four rounds, ruling that the Indian fighter had landed the most punches.[2]
2012 London Olympics
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again fought in the bantamweight class, and was again knocked out in the second round, beating Alberto Melian in the first round before losing to Robenilson de Jesus in the second.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Sergey Vodopyanov Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- ^ "Boxing Day 7 Review: Another Russian champion crashes out". Archived from the original on 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17.