Gevorg Manukian (; ; 28 July 1993 in

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) is an Armenian-born Ukrainian amateur boxer in the heavyweight division. He won a silver medal at the

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as well as a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships.

Career

Manukian resides in

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. He studied at the Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav. His first coach is H. Shchedrin. He was also coached by S. Katayev. He is silver medalist of the 2011 European Youth Boxing Championships in

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and 2012 European U22 Boxing Championships in

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. In 2014, Manukian became Ukrainian champion after he won in the final against Denys Poyatsyka. He is also 2013 Ukrainian bronze medalist. Manukian achieved his first international success at the

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. On his way to the final, he won against David Hošek from the Czech Republic, Kristiyan Dimitrov from Bulgaria, Darren O'Neill from Ireland and Josip Filipi from

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. He was not able to box against Abdulkadir Abdullayev from Azerbaijan in the final due to an injury and was awarded a silver medal.Gevorg Manukian became a silver medalist of the European Games due to an injury
sport.segodnya.ua, 27 June 2015 (in Ukrainian). At the 2015 World Championships in

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, he won against Igor Jakubowski from Poland and Vasiliy Levit from Kazakhstan, but lost in semifinals to Evgeny Tishchenko from Russia, thus securing a bronze medal. In 2016, Manukian tried to qualify for the

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. He first participated in the European Qualification Tournament in

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. There he defeated Tomi Honka from Finland and Gergő Sávoly from Hungary, but he lost to Paul Omba Biongolo from France in the semifinal and to Abdullayev from Azerbaijan (whom he was to meet in the European Games' final) in the Olympic box-off. Then he competed in the APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas where he lost in the semifinal to Julio Cesar Castillo from Ecuador.

References

External links

Manukian's profile at boxrec.com

Gevorg Manukian in Instagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manukian, Gevorg 1993 births Living people Ukrainian male boxers Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine European Games medalists in boxing AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Heavyweight boxers Boxers from Yerevan