Vassiliy Levit (; born 24 February 1988) is a Kazakh heavyweight
amateur boxer
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History
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who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
In the 2016 Olympic final Levit was controversially defeated by Russia's
Evgeny Tishchenko
Evgeny Andreyevich Tishchenko (; born 15 July 1991) is a Russian professional boxer. He was the inaugural World Boxing Association (WBA) bridgerweight champion but was subsequently stripped after testing positive for banned substance. As an ama ...
via a unanimous judge's decision.
The crowd reacted with shock and anger to the result,
and several boxing professionals criticised the decision, with some suggesting Levit should have been awarded all three rounds. At the medal ceremony, Levit put his fingers to his lips to discourage the crowd from booing Tischenko.
Afterwards, Levit said that he felt that he had won the fight, but declined to criticise the judges and said that Tischenko deserved respect.
He won the bronze medal at the
2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships
The 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany
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in the
Heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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category.
Coaching career
September 28, 2022 — appointed Head of the Department of Physical Training of Personnel
Anti-Corruption Agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kostanay Region
Kazakhstani male boxers
Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Kazakhstani people of Russian descent
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
Olympic silver medalists for Kazakhstan
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games boxers for Kazakhstan
Heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics