Hrachik Javakhyan
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing Armenia
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| Men’sBo xing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Lightweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
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2010 Moscow | Light welterweight |
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2006 Plovdiv | Lightweight |
Hrachik Javakhyan(Armenian:Հրաչիկ Ջավախյան,born on July 6, 1984, inVanadzor,Armenian SSR) is anArmenianboxer best known to win gold at the2010 European Amateur Bo xing Championshipsand bronze at the2008 Summer Olympics.He was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009.[1]
Career
[edit]Javakhyan began bo xing at the age of 14 under honored coach of Armenia, Gevorg Misakyan. Since 2005, he has been a member of the national team of Armenia.
Javakhyan advanced all the wy to the finals at the2006 European Amateur Bo xing Championshipswhere he met reigning Olympic and World ChampionAleksei Tishchenko.Hrachik was defeated and won the silver medal.
The following year, Javakhyan qualified for the2008 Summer Olympicsby reaching the quarterfinals at the2007 World Amateur Bo xing Championships.
In 2008, at the Olympic Games, Javakhyan received a first round bye, defeatedRasheed Lawalin the second round without losing a point and had awalkoveragainstJong Sub-Baik.In the semifinals, Javakhyan faced Tishchenko again. Although he put up a better challenge than before, Javakhyan ultimately lost. Javakhyan was awarded an Olympic bronze medal, the first Olympic medal ever won by a boxer from the independentArmenia.[2]
Javakhyan won a gold medal at the2010 European Amateur Bo xing Championships.
Olympic Games Results
[edit]2008
- 1st round bye
- DefeatedRasheed Lawal(Nigeria) 12-0
- DefeatedJong Sub-Baik(South Korea) WO
- Lost toAleksei Tishchenko(Russia) 5-10
World Amateur Championships Results
[edit]2005
- Lost toIbrahim Kamal(Canada) 18-29
2007
- DefeatedAivars Romanovskis(Latvia) 17-14
- DefeatedSadam Ali(United States) 20-16
- DefeatedGenebert Basadre(Philippines) 17-6
- Lost toDomenico Valentino(Italy) 12-27
2009
- DefeatedAivars Romanovskis(Bulgaria) 11-1
- Lost toÉverton Lopes(Brazil) 3-10
2011
- DefeatedDavid Mueller(Germany) 17-11
- Lost toZdeněk Chládek(Czech Republic) 6-10
European Championships Results
[edit]2006
- DefeatedOvidiu Bobirnat(Cyprus) 34-17
- DefeatedKrzysztof Szot(Poland) 20-10
- DefeatedVazgen Safaryants(Belarus) 25-16
- Lost toAleksei Tishchenko(Russia) 15-39
2010
- DefeatedAlex Vasiljev(Finland) 11-2
- DefeatedGeorgian Popescu(Romania) 9-3
- DefeatedDavid Mueller(Germany) 5-3
- DefeatedOlexandr Klyuchko(Ukraine) 5-1
- DefeatedGyula Kate(Hungary) 3-2
References
[edit]- ^Подведены итоги годаПОДВЕДЕНЫ ИТОГИ ГОДА(in Russian). ra.am.Retrieved19 June2010.
{{cite web}}:Check|url=value (help) - ^"Javakhyan Wins Armenia's Sixth Medal at Beijing Olympics".asbarez.Retrieved1 January2013.
External links
[edit]- Javakhyan's biography
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Hrachik Javakhyan".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-11-13.
- 2006 Euro
- World 2007
- 2010 Euro