Egor Mekhontsev
Name: Egor Mekhontsev
Birth Name: Егор Леонидович Мехонцев
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Asbest, Russia
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 185cm
Reach: 189cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Egor Leonidovich Mekhontsev (born: November 14, 1984 in Asbest, Oblast Swerdlowsk) is a Russian amateur boxer who won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the Light Heavyweight division and a gold medal at the 2009 World Amateur Championships in Milan, Italy.
Olympic Games results
Represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, boxing as a Light Heavyweight (81 kg):
- Round 1/8 - Defeated Damien Hooper (Australia) 19-11
- Round 1/4 - Defeated Elshod Rasulov (Uzbekistan) 19-15
- Semifinal - Defeated Yamaguchi Falcao (Brazil) 23-11
- Final - Defeated Adilbek Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan) +15-15
World Amateur Championships Results
2005 Quarter-finalist as a Light Heavyweight in Mianyang, China
- Defeated John Dovi (France) 39-18
- Defeated Istvan Szucs (Hungary) 30-10
- Lost to Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) 29-39
2009 Gold medalist as a Heavyweight in Milan, Italy
- Defeated Stefan Koeber (Germany) 24-3
- Defeated Elchin Alizade (Azerbaijan) 10-0
- Defeated Clemente Russo (Italy) 7-5
- Defeated Bahram Muzaffer (Turkey) 6-0
- Defeated Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) 14-10
- Defeated Osmay Acosta (Cuba) 12-2
2011 Bronze medalist as a Light Heavyweight in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Defeated Ainar Karlsson (Estonia) 19-12
- Defeated Marcus Browne (United States) 14-6
- Defeated Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine) 27-21
- Lost to Julio Cesar La Cruz (Cuba) 15-21
European Amateur Championships Results
2008 Gold medalist as a Heavyweight in Liverpool, England
- Defeated Nasi Hani (Macedonia) RSC (injury) 4
- Defeated Stephen Simmons (Scotland) 12-1
- Defeated Petrisor Gananau (Romania) 5-2
- Defeated Colak Ananikyan (Armenia) 9-2
2010 Gold medalist as a Heavyweight in Moscow, Russia
- Defeated Stefan Koeber (Germany) 10-2
- Defeated Constantin Bejenaru (Romania) 10-3
- Defeated Denis Poyatsika (Ukraine) 8-2
- Defeated Tervel Pulev (Bulgaria) 10-1