Yerkebulan Shynaliyev

Kazakhstani boxer (born 1987)
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev
Personal information
Full nameЕркебулан Шыналиев
NationalityKazakh
Born (1987-10-07) October 7, 1987 (age 36)
Karabastau near Shymkent
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight Heavyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chicago Light Heavyweight

Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born October 7, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known for winning bronze medals at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006.

At the seniors 2007, the short southpaw beat Asian Champ Jahon Qurbonov and Tony Jeffries 20:9 but lost to eventual winner Abbos Atoev 8:17 in the semifinal.

Olympic games results

2008 (as a Light heavyweight)

  • Defeated Daugirdas Semiotas (Lithuania) 11-3
  • Defeated Carlos Negrón (Puerto Rico) 9-3
  • Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) WDQ 3 (2:43)
  • Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 4-4

Note: Shynaliyev was leading 12-6 when Kurbanov was disqualified for biting Shynaliyev on the shoulder.[1]

World amateur championship results

2007 (as a Light heavyweight)

  • Defeated Evgeni Chernovol (Moldava) 28-10
  • Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) DQ 4
  • Defeated Zhang Xiaoping (China) 14-5
  • Defeated Tony Jeffries (England) 20-9
  • Lost to Abbos Atoev (Uzbekistan) 8-17

References

  1. ^ Orlando Sentinel [dead link]

External links

  • Juniors 2006
  • World 2007
  • sports-reference


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