Alexei Viktorovich Tishchenko

Alexei Viktorovich Tishchenko medal table
Alexei Tishchenko (2010)
Boxing
Russia Russia
Olympic games
gold	2008	lightweight
gold	2004	Featherweight
World championships
bronze	2007	lightweight
gold	2005	Featherweight
World cup
gold	2005	Featherweight
European championships
gold	2006	lightweight

Alexei Wiktorowitsch Tishchenko ( Russian Алексей Викторович Тищенко , English transcription Aleksey Tishchenko; ) (born May 29, 1984 in Omsk , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian boxer .

He was Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008 , world champion in 2005 and European champion in 2006 .

Life

The 1.67 m tall southpaw was born in Omsk, but grew up in Rubtsovsk , where he also began boxing and won his first fight at the age of twelve. He was trained at the beginning by his father Viktor Tishchenko, later by Vladimir Iwasenko, Alexander Medvedev, Alexander Bubennow and Leonid Kisseljow.

In 2000 he won the gold medal in bantamweight at the European Cadet Championships in Athens and in 2002 also the gold medal in featherweight at the Junior World Championships in Santiago de Cuba .

In 2003 he became Russian featherweight champion, defeating Raimkul Malachbekow in the final . In the same year he also won the Strandja Tournament in Plovdiv and the silver medal in the featherweight division at the World Military Games in Catania , after losing to Domenico Valentino in the final. At the 2003 World Championships in Bangkok , he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Jo Seok-hwan .

In 2004 he won the European Olympic qualification in Warsaw by winning against Odiseas Saridis, Viorel Simion , Devis Boschiero , Alexei Shajdulin and Şahin İmranov He then took part in featherweight at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and achieved with victories against Hadj Belkheir, Şahin İmranov , Galib Schafarow and Jo Seok-hwan the final, where he defeated Kim Song-guk in the fight for the gold medal .

In 2005 he won the featherweight world championships in Mianyang , where he could beat Bekzod Khidirov, Argenis Mendez , Berik Serikbayev, Viorel Simion and Alexei Shajdulin. He also won the 2005 World Cup in Moscow in this weight class, including victories against Şahin İmranov and Yuriorkis Gamboa .

He then boxed in the lightweight and won the 2006 European Championships in Plovdiv with victorious fights against Odiseas Saridis, Samet Huseinow, Oleksandr Klyuchko and Hratschik Jawachjan .

In 2007 he became Russian champion and won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Chicago . After victories against Kim Young-won, Hüsnü Kocabaş and Pichai Sayotha, he was defeated in the semi-finals against Frankie Gavin .

In 2008 he won the Feliks Stamm Tournament in Warsaw and the GeeBee Tournament in Helsinki , where he was able to defeat Abdelkader Chadi and Miklós Varga , among others . He then started at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , where he was able to prevail against Saifeddine Nejmaoui, Anthony Little, Darleys Pérez , Hratschik Jawachjan and Daouda Sow and was again Olympic champion.

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Tishchenko, Alexei Viktorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Тищенко, Алексей Викторович; Tishchenko, Aleksey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 29, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Omsk

[1] Olympic.org

[2] BoxRec profile

[3] tischenko.ru

[4] European Cadet Championships 2000

[5] Junior World Championships 2002

[6] Russian Championships 2003

[7] Strandja-Tournament 2003

[8] Military World Games 2003

[9] World Championships 2003

[10] European Olympic Qualification 2004

[11] 2004 Olympic Games

[12] World Championships 2005

[13] World Cup 2005

[14] European Championships 2006

[15] Russian Championships 2007

[16] World Championships 2007

[17] Feliks Stamm Tournament 2008

[18] GeeBee-Tournament 2008

[19] Olympic Games 2008