Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov (born October 6, 1976) is a Russian boxer who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight, including the gold medal at the 2004 games. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Today he is perhaps best known for defeating future boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin, from Kazakhstan, in the 2004 Olympic finals. Despite his brilliant amateur pedigree, he never turned professional.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he got the silver medal after losing 15–17 in a closely contested final against Cuba's Jorge Gutiérrez.

Amateur highlights Russian Champion 1999, 2001 and 2002 1994 2nd place as a Flyweight at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Results were: Defeated A. Kopanov (Kazakhstan) PTS (15–2) Defeated A. Mahdi (Algeria) DSQ-2 Defeated Borislav Nikolov (Bulgaria) RSC-2 Defeated Jesus Vega (USA) PTS (11–8) Lost to Alexander Jimenez (Cuba) PTS (3–11) 1998 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at the Goodwill Games in New York. Results were: Defeated Mohamed Hikal (Egypt) PTS (8–1) Defeated Jermain Taylor (USA) PTS (13–9) Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) PTS (5–16) 2001 won the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia. Results were: Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) RSC-1 Defeated Paul Miller (Australia) PTS (9–5) 2004 won the European Championships in Pula, Croatia. Beat Lukas Wilaschek (Germany) in the final.

Olympic results 2000 Olympics Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) 11–10 Defeated Eromosele Albert (Nigeria) 19–9 Defeated Jeff Lacy (USA) TKO 3 Defeated Zsolt Erdei (Hungary) 24–16 Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez (Cuba) 15–17 2004 Olympics Defeated Christopher Camat (Philippines) 35–13 Defeated Sherzod Abdurahmonov (Uzbekistan) 33–19 Defeated Hassan Ndam Njikam (Cameroon) 26–13 Defeated Suriya Prasathinphimai (Thailand) 24–18 Defeated Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 28-18