Career

His family migrated from Kazakhstan as ethnic Germans to Stuttgart in 1992. Defeated Yuguang Zhang (China) Royal Society of Chemistry -2

Defeated Yusni Barzaga (Cuba) PTS (27-13)

Defeated Yevgeni Kybalyuk (Ukraine) PTS (19-8)

Defeated Haruyton Tovmasyan (Armenia) PTS (15-6)

Defeated Murat Chrachev (Russia) PTS (23-3)

2001 represented Germany at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast at Bantamweight. Lost to Afansy Poskachine (Russia) PTS (9-10)

2002 represented Germany at the European Championships in Permanent, Russia.

Result was:

Lost to Waldemar Cucereanu (Romania) PTS (15-29)

Defeated Cheng Tong Shou (China) RSCI

Defeated Bekzod Chidrov (Uzbekistan) PTS (26-14)

Defeated Oleg Jefimovich (Ukraine) PTS (35-19)

Defeated Abdusalom Chasanov (Tajikistan) PTS (19-17)

Lost to Galib Jafarov (Kazachstan) PTS (35-43)

Defeated Sedat Tasci (Turkey) PTS (48-13)

Defeated Viorel Simion (Romania) PTS (65-41)

Defeated Mikhail Bernadski (Belarus) PTS (45-24)

Defeated Khedafi Djelkhir (France) RSCO-3

Defeated Daniel Brizuela (Argentina) RSCO-3

Defeated Khedafi Djelkhir (France) PTS (40-26)

Defeated Luis Franco (Cuba) PTS (34-26)

Lost to Song Guk Kim (North of Korea) PTS (24-29)

Defeated V. Anghel (Romania) PTS (24-5)

Defeated Y. Uruzbayev (Kazachstan) PTS (24-12)

Defeated Thongtheang Khlongchan (Thailand) PTS (30-28)

Defeated Sergej Ignatyev (Russia) PTS (25-14).

Achievements

• 1999 won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Rijeka, Croatia at Bantamweight. 2000 won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Budapest at Batamweight. 2003 won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok at Featherweight. 2004 won the gold medal at the European Championships 2004 in Pula, Croatia at Featherweight. 2004 won a bronze medal representing Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at Featherweight. 2005 won the gold medal at the Military World Championships in Pretoria at Featherweight.