Birzhan Zhakypov

Birschan Schaqypow [ birʒan ʒɑqɯpov ] ( Kazakh Біржан Жақыпов, English also Birzhan Zhakypov; born 7 July 1984 Scharty -Tobe, Shymkent Oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR) is a boxer from Kazakhstan. He punches in the light flyweight ( up to 48 kg).

Career

For the first time Schaqypow made ​​at the box world championships in 2005 talked about. Here he beat in the quarterfinals of the Kadri Turks cord, but then lost in the semi-final against Hungary Pal Bedak. Thus he won the bronze medal at this competition.

In 2007, he retired at the Asian Championships in the quarterfinals against Zhou Shiming (CHN ) and was sixth. The taking place in the same year World Championships in Chicago, he could not repeat the success of 2005. After a win against the Indians Balbir Singh in the first fight, he lost in the second against the eventual world champion Zhou Shiming of China. As 17 thus he failed to qualify directly for the Olympics 2008.

At the 1st Asian Olympic qualifying tournament in Bangkok in 2008 he was able to fight until the finals, where he won the gold medal by defeating the Uzbeks Rafikjon Sultonov. At the same time he thus qualified on the second attempt for the 2008 Olympic Games.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing Schaqypow reached after victories over Pál Bedak, (Hungary ), and the Armenian Hovhannes Danieljan the quarterfinals, where he again retired to Zhou Shiming, finishing in 5th place.

At the Asian Games in 2009 Schaqypow retired in the first battle against the Mongols Njambajaryn Tögstsogt and did not participate in the World Championships. But after this bad year in 2010, he could start again made ​​it to the finals of the Asian Championships, where he lost for the umpteenth time against Zhou Shiming. Nevertheless, the silver medal was a great success. At the World Championships the following year he left in the first fight against the Cubans Yosvany Veitía and therefore had to re- take the detour through continental qualification for the Olympic Games. In this Schaqypow occupied the first place and was thus able to participate for the second time in his career in the Olympic Games. In London Schaqypow reached after close wins over Jeremy Beccu (France ) and Mark Barriga (Philippines) the quarter-finals, in which he retired again against Zhou Shiming, finishing in 5th place.

2013 won the Schaqypow Chemistry Cup in Halle and took also expressed successfully in the World Championships in Almaty part. Here he won among others to Siegen against the Vice European Champion 2011 Belik Galanov, Russia ( 3-0), the student world champion in 2013 Khasanbay Dusmatov, Uzbekistan (3-0), Yosvany Veitía, Cuba, and the winner of the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mohamed Flissi, Algeria (3-0), the gold medal.