Career
Vankeev qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Warsaw, Poland. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the first round of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Juan Carlos Payano of the Dominican Republic. At the world 2005 he edged out Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan 29:27 in round 1 then lost to Tadjik Anvar Yunusov.