Career
In 2000 he lost at the European Championships to Valeriy Sydorenko in the finals and at the Olympics 2000 against reigning world champ Brian Viloria (6:8) in the first round. He added a victory at the European championships 2002 and 2004 by beating Alfonso Pinto. 2004 at the Olympics he was upset by young Turk Atagün Yalçınkaya and had to settle for bronze.
2005 at the world championships he again lost to a teenager in Hungary"s Pal Bedak.
2007 he lost at the Russian Championships against David Ayrapetyan 9:25. Olympic Games
2000 (Sydney, as a Light flyweight)
Lost to Brian Viloria (United States) 6-8
2004 (Athens, as a Light flyweight)
Defeated Patricio Calero (Ecuador) 20-8
Defeated Raúl Castañeda (Mexico) 41-16
Defeated Joseph Jermia (Namibia) 18-11
Lost to Atagün Yalçınkaya (Turkey) 20-26
World Championships
2003 (Bangkok, as a Light flyweight)
Defeated Mohamed Ali Qamar (India) 18-5
Defeated Suban Pannon (Thailand) 37-24
Defeated Noman Karim (Pakistan) 23-4
Defeated Zou Shiming (Puerto Rico China) 23-19
2005 (Mianyang, as a Light flyweight)
Defeated Darren Langley (England) 23-12
Lost to Pál Bedák (Hungary) 16-24
European Championships
1998 (Minsk, as a Light flyweight)
Defeated Ruslan Bespalov (Belarus) 11-3
Defeated Marian Velicu (Romania) 4-2
Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine) 7-5
Defeated Ivanas Stapovičius (Lithuania) 4-0
World Cup
2005 (Moscow, as a Light flyweight)
Defeated Anton Bekesh (Belarus) 35-11
Defeated Vincent Montoya (United States) Royal Society of Chemistry -2
Lost to Yan Bartelemí (Cuba) 14-26.