Alexei Ivanovich Kisselev

Alexei Ivanovich Kisseljow , also Alexei Kiseljew ( Russian Алексей Иванович Киселёв ; born March 17, 1938 in Moscow ; † June 19, 2005 there ) was a Soviet boxer . He won at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico City each have a silver medal .

Career

Alexei Kisselev started boxing in Moscow in 1954 . At the age of 18, he joined the Soviet Army and became a member of the CSKA Moscow Army Sports Club. His trainers there were N. Sokolow u. K. Birk. As early as 1958, he prevailed in the Soviet Army Championship and was sent to Leipzig for the first championship of the Army Sports Associations of the Warsaw Pact States (SKDA Championship) . There he won the final in the light heavyweight division (up to 81 kg body weight).

The next time it appeared again in 1960. He started that year at the Soviet national championship and met in the light middleweight (up to 71 kg body weight), two weight classes lower than 1958, in the semifinals to Boris Lagutin , against whom he lost on points. Also in 1961 he competed in the state championship. He fought in the middleweight (up to 75 kg body weight). He met Olympic champion Valeri Popentschenko in the quarterfinals and was defeated on points. Therefore, he could not achieve more than 5th place. As compensation for this, he won the title again at the 2nd SKDA championship in Sofia . In the middleweight final, he defeated Detlef Büchsenschuß from the GDR on points.

At the Soviet national championship in 1962 he lost again in the middleweight division against Valery Popentschenko, this time only in the final. This year Kisseljow was again at the 3rd SKDA championship in Kromirz / CSSR, where he won the final fight against the Bulgarian Vilijew by knocking out in the 1st round.

At the Soviet national championship in 1963 Alexei Kisseljow lost as in the previous year in the final against Popentschenko. 1964 moved Alexei Kisseljow back to the light heavyweight division and won a Soviet championship title for the first time in this weight class. The opponent he defeated in the final was Yuri Konopalow. Even more remarkable than this victory was that in the semifinals over Danas Pozniakas . With this victory he had won the right to start at the Olympic Games in Tokyo . There he celebrated victories over Gheorghe Negrea from Romania and Frantisek Polacek from Czechoslovakia . In the semifinals, he met three-time European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski from Poland . In a tactical battle, Alexei Kisseljow succeeded in defeating Pietrzykowski with a 4-1 judge's vote on points. In the fight for the gold medal , he then faced the Italian surprise man Cosimo Pinto . Pinto dictated the fight with his sophisticated technique and landed a narrow 3-2 point victory. Alexei Kisseljow had to be content with the silver medal .

At the Soviet championship in 1965 Alexei Kisseljow was defeated in the final of the light heavyweight against Danas Pozniakas. He missed a start at the European Championship that took place in the same year.

1966 got Alexei Kisseljow in the absence of Danas Pozniakas his second national title when he could defeat Vytautas Bingalis in the final of the light heavyweight division. Following this, Kisseljow also won the light heavyweight division of the 5th SKDA championship in Budapest with a final victory over the Romania Trandafir.

1967 fought Alexei Kisseljow in the Soviet title fights in Voskressensk in the light heavyweight against Danas Pozniakas for the ticket for the European championship taking place in Rome in the same year . Although Pozniakas was able to prevail, Alexei Kisseljow was also allowed to go to Rome, as he was used in the middleweight division. There he defeated in the second round Czeslaw Ptak from Poland by techn. KO in the 3rd round and beat Alan Ball from Wales in the quarterfinals and Jan Hejduk from the CSSR in the semifinals on points. In the final, Kisseljow faced local Mario Casati , whom he ultimately had to admit defeat on points.

At the Soviet championship in the 1968 Olympic year Kisseljow had to beat again in the final of the light heavyweight Danas Pozniakas. Then Kisseljow represented his country again in the middleweight division at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . There he achieved the following victories in his first four fights: points victory over Antoine Abeng from Cameroon , point victory (4: 1) over Matthias Ouma from Uganda , point victory over Wiesław Rudkowski from Poland and techn. KO victory in the 1st round over Agustin Zaragoza from Mexico. In the final Kisseljow faced the Briton Christopher Finnegan , to whom he lost 2: 3 judges' votes after an even fight. Kisseljow had to be satisfied with the silver medal , just like four years earlier .

After these Olympic Games, Alexei Kisselev resigned. He then worked for many years as a sports functionary in Soviet associations and in the international student sports association FISU . He also worked as a referee and judge for the AIBA and the EABA (World Amateur Boxing Association and European Amateur Boxing Association).

International fights by Alexei Kisseljow

• 1963 in Moscow , USSR against England , demolition winner 2nd round over Ian Lawther,
• 1967 in Berlin , Berlin against USSR, knockout winner 1st round over Wolfgang Beckmann,
• 1968 in Glasgow , Scotland against USSR, knockout winner 1st round over Fropes,
• 1968 in Dublin , Ireland against USSR, points winner over Hughes

USSR championships with Alexei Kisselev

(Hm = light middle weight, Mi = middle weight, Hs = light heavy weight)

• 1960, Hm: 1. Ivan Sobolow, 2. Boris Lagutin , 3. Alexei Kisseljow a. Anatoly Koromyslow ,
• 1961, Wed: 1. Valeri Popentschenko , 2. Anatoli Koromyslow, 3. W. Novitschkow a. Evgeni Feofanow , 5th Alexei Kisseljow,
• 1962, Wed: 1. Valeri Popentschenko, 2. Alexei Kisseljow, 3. Jan Rowitsch a. G. Solomonov,
• 1963, Wed: 1. Valeri Popentschenko, 2. Alexei Kisseljow, 3. I. Evstigenjew a. A. Nefedow,
• 1964, Hs: 1. Alexei Kisseljow, 2. Juri Konopalow, 3. E. Zimin a. Danas Pozniakas ,
• 1965, Hs: 1. Danas Pozniakas, w. Alexei Kisseljow, 2. W. Minakow a. A. Butko,
• 1966, Hs: 1. Alexei Kisseljow, 2. Vytautas Bingalis, 3. W. Novitschkow a. Nikolai Novikov,
• 1967, Hs, 1. Danas Pozniakas, 2. Alexei Kisseljow, 3. W. Minakow a. A. Tkachenko,
• 1968, Hs: 1. Danas Pozniakas, 2. Alexei Kisseljow, 3. Vytautas Bingalis a. W. Minakov

swell

• Box Sport magazine from 1958 to 1968,
• BOX-ALMANACH 1920 - 1980, publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
• Website "www.sport-komnplett.de"
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "www.peoples.ru/sport/boxer"

Web links

• Alexei Iwanowitsch Kisseljow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )