Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

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Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	Middleweight
Silver	2000 Sydney	Middleweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold	2004 Pula	Middleweight

Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov (Russian: Гайдарбек Абдулович Гайдарбеков) (born October 6, 1976 in Kaspiysk, USSR) is a Russian boxer who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Gutierrez (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