Birschan Shaqypov

Birschan Shaqypov
Data
Birth Name	Birschan Shaqypov
Weight class	Light flyweight
nationality	Kazakhstan
birthday	7th July 1984
place of birth	Scharty-Tobe, Kazakh SSR , USSR
size	1.67 m

Birschan Schaqypow medal table
World championships
bronze	Mianyang 2005	-48 kg
gold	Almaty 2013	-48 kg
Asian Games
silver	Guangzhou 2010	-48 kg

Birschan Schaqypow [ birʒan ʒɑqɯpov ] ( Kazakh Біржан Жақыпов , English also Birzhan Zhakypov * 7. July 1984 in Scharty-Tobe, Oblast Chimkent , Kazakh SSR , USSR ) is a boxer from Kazakhstan . He boxes at half flyweight (up to 48 kg).

Career

For the first time, Schaqypow made a name for itself at the 2005 World Boxing Championships . Here he beat the Turkish Kadri Kordel in the quarterfinals , but then lost in the semifinals to the Hungarian Pál Bedák . Thus he won the bronze medal in this competition.

In 2007 he was eliminated from the Asian Championships in the quarter-finals against Zhou Shiming (CHN) and finished sixth. At the World Championships in Chicago that same year , he could not repeat this success of 2005. After a victory against the Indian Balbir Singh in the first fight, he lost in the second against the eventual world champion Zhou Shiming from the People's Republic of China . As 17th he could not qualify directly for the 2008 Olympic Games .

At the 1st Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Bangkok in 2008 he was able to fight his way through to the final, where he then won the gold medal by beating the Uzbek Rafikjon Sultonov . At the same time, he qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games on the second attempt.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing Schaqypow reached after victories over Pál Bedák , ( Hungary ), and the Armenian Howhannes Danieljan the quarter-finals, in which he was eliminated again against Zhou Shiming and finished 5th.

At the Asian Games in 2009, Schaqypow was eliminated in the first fight against the Mongols Njambajaryn Tögstsogt and did not take part in the world championships. After this bad year he was able to take off again in 2010 and made it to the finals of the Asian Championships, where he lost again to Zhou Shiming. Even so, the silver medal was a great success. At the World Championships in the following year he was eliminated in the first fight against the Cuban Yosvany Veitía and therefore had to take the detour again via the continental qualification for the Olympic Games . In this, Schaqypow took first place and was able to take part in the Olympic Games for the second time in his career. In London , Schaqypow reached the quarter-finals after narrow victories over Jérémy Beccu ( France ) and Mark Anthony Barriga ( Philippines ), in which he was eliminated again against Zhou Shiming and finished in 5th place.

In 2013, Schaqypow won the Chemistry Cup in Halle and also took part in the World Championships in Almaty with great success . Here he won after victories a. a. against the vice European champion of 2011 Belik Galanow , Russia (3: 0), the student world champion 2013 Hasanboy Doʻsmatov , Uzbekistan (3: 0), Yosvany Veitía , Cuba , and the winner of the Mediterranean Games 2013 Mohamed Flissi , Algeria (3: 0), the Gold medal.

APB Pro Boxing

Since November 2014, Schaqypow has started in the newly founded professional area "APB" of the IOC recognized world association AIBA . In the first cycle he was able to win against Patrick Lourenco ( Brazil ) and Leandro Blanc ( Argentina ) and lost to Lü Bin ( People's Republic of China ) and could therefore not qualify for the final in the light flyweight division. In the second cycle, Schagypow again won against Laurenco and the Colombia Carlos Eduardo Quipo Pilataxi. He qualified for the title fight against Lü Bin and at the same time bought his ticket for the 2016 Olympic Games .

Web links

• Birschan Schaqypow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• 1st Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament