In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovoich and the family name is Zamkovoy.

Andrey Viktorovoich Zamkovoy (Russian: Андрей Викторович Замковой, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej zəmkɐˈvoj]; born 4 July 1987) is a Russian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships.

Career

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, southpaw Zamkovoy upset two-time world champion Serik Sapiyev in the semifinal but was surprised himself in the final by German Jack Culcay-Keth (2009 results).[citation needed]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics (Results) he won his first three fights, beating China's Maimaitituersun Qiong, Ireland's Adam Nolan and America's Errol Spence Jr. before losing his semifinal to Kazakhstan's Serik Säpïev, who went on to win the gold medal.[2]

He also competed at the 2016 Olympic Games, but lost his first fight.[citation needed]

Zamkovoy again qualified for the 2020 Olympics where he won his second bronze, now as a 34 year old.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Boxing record for Andrey Zamkovoy". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "Andrey Zamkovoy Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  3. ^ "Олимпийская команда 2021".
  4. ^ "Российский боксер Замковой взял бронзу на Олимпиаде". August 2021.

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