Siarhei Karneyeu (born 24 November 1988 in

Belarusian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, Byelorussian SSR or Byelorussia; ; ), also known as Soviet Belarus or simply Belarus, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 1922 as an independent state, and ...

) is a Belarusian amateur boxer in the Heavyweight (201 lbs limit) division who won bronze the

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 10, 2011. The competition ran under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur ...

Career

He won a silver medal at the 2008 European Championships in the -81 kg division. At the 2011 World Championships, he defeated Deivi Julio, Michał Olaś (POL),

Julio Castillo Julio César Castillo Torres (born 10 May 1988) is an Ecuadorian amateur boxer. He won two medals at the Pan American Games: a bronze in 2007 and a silver in 2011. Career At the 2006 South American Games, Castillo lost to Hamilton Ventura in t ...

(ECU) and Chouaib Bouloudinat (ALG) before losing to eventual winner

Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (, ; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the unified champion (boxing), unified heavyweight championship since 2021, and the ''The Ring (magazine), Ring'' magazine title since 2022 ...

(UKR). With it, he qualified for the 2012 Olympics. At the 2011 European Championships he lost to Johann Witt 26:28. At the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he beat

but lost to

Teymur Mammadov Teymur Mammadov (born 11 January 1993) is a heavyweight amateur boxer from Azerbaijan. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and reached quarterfinals at the 2016 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the Parade o ...

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* * 1988 births Living people Belarusian male boxers Olympic boxers for Belarus Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Heavyweight boxers 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen {{Belarus-boxing-bio-stub