Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Name: Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
Birth Name: Гайдарбек Абдулаевич Гайдарбеков
Hometown: Kaspiysk, Russia
Birthplace: Khurukh, Russia
Amateur Boxer: Record

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 (Cuba) PTS (5-16)
• 2000 Silver Medalist at the Sydney Olympics as a Middleweight. Results were:
  • Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) 11-10
  • Defeated Eromosele Albert (Nigeria) 19-9
  • Defeated Jeff Lacy (USA) RSCO-3 3
  • Defeated Zsolt Erdei (Hungary) 24-16
  • Lost to Jorge Gutierrez (Cuba) 15-17
• 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.
• 2004 Gold Medalist at the Athens Olympics. Results were:
  • Defeated Christopher Camat (Philippines) 35-13
  • Defeated Sherzod Abdurahmonov (Uzbekistan) 33-19
  • Defeated Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (Cameroon) 26-13
  • Defeated Suriya Prasathinpimai (Thailand) 24-18
  • Defeated Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 28-18