Yermakhan Ibraimov

Yermakhan Ibraimov

Personal information
Full name	Ермахан Ибраимов
Nationality	Kazakhstan
Born	(1972-01-01) 1 January 1972 (age 52) Jambyl Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light-Middleweight
Medal record Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Light Middleweight 2000 Sydney Light Middleweight World Amateur Championships 1997 Budapest Light Middleweight 1999 Houston Light Middleweight Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Light Middleweight Asian Amateur Boxing Championships 1999 Tashkent Light Middleweight

Yermakhan Ibraimov (born 1 January 1972 in Jambyl Region) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.[1] Four years earlier, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he got a bronze medal.[2] He also won a bronze at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas, and a silver at the previous edition in Budapest. His first coach is Bakshar Karsybaev.[3]

After his competitive career, Ibraimov worked to support youth sport in Kazakhstan.[4]

Olympic results

1996

• Defeated Nick Farrell (Canada) 15–4
• Defeated Hendrik Simangunsong (Indonesia) RSC 1 (2:14)
• Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany) 19–9
• Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba) 19–28

2000

• Defeated Yousif Massas (Syria) RSC 3
• Defeated Hely Yánes (Venezuela) RSC 3
• Defeated Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 16–9
• Defeated Jermain Taylor (United States) RSC 4
• Defeated Marian Simion (Romania) 25–23

References

1. https://astanatimes.com/2024/07/kazakh-athletes-saw-triumphs-and-trials-through-olympic-history/
2. Staff, B. N. (23 April 2016). "Olympic Games Countdown: The rising force of Kazakhstan". Boxing News. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
3. "Yermakhan Ibraimov". el.kz. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
4. "Street Workout area from NOC". olympic.kz. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

External links

• Boxing record for Yermakhan Ibrayimov from BoxRec (registration required)
• Yermakhan Ibraimov at Olympics.com
• Yermakhan Ibraimov at Olympedia (archive)
• Ermakhan Ibzaimov at databaseOlympics.com
• Yermakhan Ibraimov at Sports-Reference.com

Olympic Games
Preceded by Kayrat Biekenov	Flagbearer for  Kazakhstan Atlanta 1996	Succeeded by Vladimir Smirnov
Preceded by Vladimir Smirnov	Flagbearer for  Kazakhstan Sydney 2000	Succeeded by Radik Bikchentayev