Sergey Vodopyanov (russian: Серге́й Водопьянов) (born 20 September 1987 in

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) is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning gold in the bantamweight class at the

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Career

2004 - 2006

Vodopyanov won the silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships, where he lost to Hungarian Pál Bedák. In 2006 he won the silver medal at flyweight at the Russian Championships, losing to three-times European champion Georgy Balakshin. At the 2006 Junior World Championships he made an early exit against eventual champion

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2007

He won the 2007 Russian Championships in the bantamweight category against Zinat Zhandybayev, 27:25. In Chicago at the

the 20-year-old beat local hero

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16:6 and Puerto Rican McJoe Arroyo 20:9 to reach the finals. There he edged out Mongolian Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan 16:14.

2008 Beijing Olympics

He was eliminated in the round of 16 in a 2008 Beijing Olympics bantamweight class fight by

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. The judges awarded the fight to Kumar with the scores tied 9-9 after four rounds, ruling that the Indian fighter had landed the most punches.

2012 London Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again fought in the bantamweight class, and was again knocked out in the second round, beating Alberto Melian in the first round before losing to Robenilson de Jesus in the second.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vodopyanov, Sergey 1987 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Russia Russian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Universiade medalists in boxing Universiade gold medalists for Russia People from Taldykorgan Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade