David Ayrapetyan
David Valeryevich Ayrapetyan (Russian: Давид Валерьевич Айрапетян, born October 26, 1983) is an Armenian-Russian amateur boxer. He is a six-time Champion of Russia, European Champion, World and Olympic medalist. Ayrapetyan was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Russia title in 2009.
Career
Ayrapetyan became the 2002 World Youth Champion in his weight class after boxing for just six years.
He was included in the Russian national boxing team in 2006 and won a gold medal at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Plovdiv. Ayrapetyan is only the second Russian boxer to become a European Champion in the light flyweight division, after the highly-decorated veteran Sergey Kazakov. In 2006 and 2007, Ayrapetyan beat Kazakov at the Russian Championships and took his spot on the national team as first in the light flyweight division. At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Ayrapetyan beat returning Vice-Champion Pál Bedák in the first round but next lost to reigning World Champion Zou Shiming, who went on to win the World Championships again. Ayrapetyan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He unexpectedly lost in the first match to Georgiy Chygayev, who won the European Championship at flyweight that year and then moved down in weight class.
Ayrapetyan reached the finals at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan and won the silver medal. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships after losing to now reigning World and Olympic Champion Shiming, who went on to win the World Championship yet again. Ayrapetyan advanced to the semifinals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and won an Olympic bronze medal.
Olympic results
2008 (as a Light flyweight)
- Lost to Georgiy Chygayev (Ukraine) 11-13
2012 (as a Light flyweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Jantony Ortiz (Puerto Rico) 15-13
- Defeated Ferhat Pehlivan (Turkey) 19-11
- Lost to Kaeo Pongprayoon (Thailand) 12-13 (semifinal match, wins bronze medal)
World amateur championships results
2007 (as a Light flyweight, in Chicago, United States)
- Defeated Pal Bedak (Hungary) 27-18
- Lost to Zou Shiming (China) 6-23
2009 (as a Light flyweight, in Milan, Italy)
- Defeated Aleksan Chechelyan (Georgia) 25-2
- Defeated Ferhat Pehlivan (Turkey) 7-2
- Defeated Carlos Quipo (Ecuador) 14-5
- Defeated Jose de la Nieve (Spain) 12-3
- Defeated Shin Jong-Hun (South Korea) 9-1
- Lost to Pürevdorjiin Serdamba (Mongolia) 5-10 (gold medal match)
2011 (as a Light flyweight, in Baku, Azerbaijan)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Eros Correa (United States) 23-10
- Defeated Łukasz Maszczyk (Poland) 24-7
- Defeated Jose de la Nieve (Spain) 15-8
- Lost to Zou Shiming (China) 8-15 (semifinal match, wins bronze medal)
Source
This article borrows from Ayrapetyan's Wikipedia article: [1]