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| Medal record | ||
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| Men'sBoxing | ||
Representing Russia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 2004 Athens | Featherweight |
| 2008 Beijing | Lightweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| 2005 Mianyang | Featherweight |
 | 2007 Chicago | Lightweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| 2006 Plovdiv | Lightweight |
| World Cup | ||
| 2005 Moscow | Featherweight |
Aleksei Viktorovich Tishchenko (Russian:Алексей Викторович Тищенко; born 29 May 1984) is a formerRussian Olympicboxer best known for dominating the lower weight classes and winning numerous titles. He was regarded as "one of the bestpound for pound Olympic boxers in the world".[citation needed]
He was born inOmsk,Soviet Union.
Tishchenko won theFeatherweight Gold medal at the2004 Summer Olympics. He had qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by topping the2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament inWarsaw, Poland.
Tishchenko also won the featherweight gold medal at the2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China.
In 2005 he was part of theRussian team that won the 2005Boxing World Cup.[1]
In 2006, he went up to lightweight and won the European title in Plovdiv the same year.
As of 2007 he has been elected into the Omsk Regional Duma forUnited Russia. At the same year at the world championships he was upset by EnglishmanFrankie Gavin.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he benefitted from Gavin's absence and won the gold medal by defeating French boxerDaouda Sow in the final.
On 11 February 2011 he announced about finishing his career.[2]
2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
2006 European Amateur Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2007 World Amateur Championships in Chicago, United States
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China
1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg) · 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg) · 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg) · 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg) · 1948: 54–58 kg · 1952–2008: 54–57kg · 2020–2024: 53–57 kg · 2024–: 52–57 kg | |
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1904: 125–135 lb (56.7–61.2 kg) · 1908: 126–140 lb (57.2–63.5 kg) · 1920–1936: 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg) · 1948: 58–62 kg · 1952–2008: 57–60 kg · 2012: 56–60 kg · 2016: 57–60 kg · 2020–2024: 58–63 kg · 2024–: 58–63.5 kg | |
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1974–2009, 2019–present: up to 57 kg | |
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