Andranik Hakobyan
Andranik Hakobyan (Armenian Անդրանիկ Հակոբյան; born October 6, 1981 in Echmiadzin, Armavir, Armenia ) is an Armenian boxer. Hakobyan won the silver medal at the 2009 world championships and participants in the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012.
Career
From Andranik Hakobjans way into the top class of the Armenian amateur boxer is not known. The 1.85 meter tall athlete starts at middleweight, the weight category up to 75 kg body weight. In 2005 he appeared for the first time at an international championship. He started this year at the World Championships in Mianyang / China and came there to victories over Matej Matkovic, Croatia, Nikolay Grisunins, Latvia, and Sherzod Abdurahmanow, Uzbekistan. In the quarterfinals, he lost against Emilio Correa of Cuba by demolition. He missed so just a medal and came in 5th place.
In 2006, Andranik Hakobyan participated in the European Championships in Plovdiv. He won it in his first fight over James DeGale of England, the Olympic champion two years later, on points ( 31:21 ) and lost in the second round against Revaz Karelischwili from Georgia because he due to an injury in the 2nd round of the fight had to be taken.
In 2007, he took in Chicago again participate in the World Cup. After a points victory over Naim Terbunja from Sweden ( 19:17 ), he lost there then in the round of " 32 " against Darren Sutherland from Ireland by points ( 20:22 ), which he left and finished only 17th place.
In February 2008, Andranik Hakobyan qualified by a 3rd place in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Pescara for participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing. In Beijing, he came to a point victory over Ahmed Saraku from Ghana ( 14:8 ), but had in the quarter-finals are taken out of the fight due to an injury in the fight against Elshod Rasulow from Uzbekistan and thus came to a 9th place. In 2008 he took then also at the European Championships in Liverpool part. He won there over Darius Sok from Poland on points ( 5-4 ) and lost in the quarterfinals against Eamon O'Kane from Ireland on points ( 4:6 ), which he finished 5th.
The greatest success in his career Andranik Hakobyan celebrated then, already 28 years old, in 2009. He came in this year at the World Championships in Milan to point victories over Wahid Abderredha, Iraq 813:6 ), Naim Terbunja ( 15:11 ) Darren O'Neill, Ireland 87:3 ), Victor Cotiujanschi, Romania ( 8:1) and Alfonso Blanco, Venezuela 4:3) and was thus in the final battle, where he met Abbo Atoyev from Uzbekistan. But against this he had no chance of victory and lost significantly with 0:9 matches. But when celebrated Vice World Champion, he returned to Armenia.
From Hakobjans starts at the Armenian Championships, only the result from 2010 is known. In this year he was with a win over Artur Ulich Anjan Armenian champion at middleweight. At the European Championships in the same year Hakobyan retired in the quarterfinals against Nikolay Veselov, Belarus ( 11:9 ), from. The following year he again took part in the World Championships and reached the quarterfinals. Habobyan beating out Victor Cotiujanschi, Moldova ( 17:10 ), Tomasz Jabłoński, Poland ( 18:12 ), and in the second round Juan Antonio Mercado, Mexico (RSC 3 ), and lost in the quarterfinals to eventual bronze medalist Bogdan Jura Toni, Romania ( 21:17 ).
With this placement, he also qualified for the 2012 Olympics, in which he lost but already the first fight against Terrell Gausha, USA (RSC 3 ).
International success
Armenian Championships
(if known)
Notes
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
- Middleweight: weight category to 75 kg body weight
- RSC ( Referee Stops Contest) = fight demolition by the referee
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sports
- Site " amatuer - boxing.strefa.pl "