Education
He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately half a million people south of Moscow.
He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately half a million people south of Moscow.
1996 Olympic Results
Round of 32:Defeated Cahit Sume of Turkey - PTS (11-1)
Round of 16:Defeated Ho-Jo Bae of South of Korea -PTS (9-5)
Quarterfinal:Defeated Kamel Chater of Tunisia - PTS (9-3)
Semifinal:Defeated Daniel Santos of Puerto Rico - PTS (13-11)
Final:Defeated Juan Hernandez Sierra of Cuba - PTS (14-9)
2000 Olympic Results
Round of 16:Defeated Francisco Calderon of Colombia - PTS (15-1)
Quarterfinal:Defeated Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan - PTS (10-10. 55-47)
Semifinal:Defeated Dorel Simion of Romania - PTS (19-10)
Final:Defeated Sergey Dotshenko of UkrainePTS (24-16)
2004 Olympic Results
Round of 32:Defeated Miloud Ant Hammi of Morocco - PTS (30-15)
Round of 16:Defeated Mohamed Hikal of Egypt - PTS (18-17)
Quarterfinal:Defeated Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan - PTS (22-14)
Semifinal:Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan - PTS (18-20).
He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He was the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2004 he won the title at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.
