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Vasilii Egorov

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Vasily Egorov
Egorov in January 2019
Personal information
Native nameВасилий Михайлович Егоров
Full nameVasily Mikhailovich Egorov
NationalityYakutsn
Born (1992-09-16) September 16, 1992 (age 32)
Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia, Russia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight flyweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha Light flyweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Samokov Light flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kharkiv Light flyweight

Vasily Mikhailovich Egorov (Russian: Василий Михайлович Егоров; born 16 September 1993 in Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia, Russia) is a Russian boxer of Yakut descent in Light flyweight category. He won silver at the 2015 World Championships and gold at the 2015 European Championships.

Career

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Egorov was born in the village of Hara in Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia. He started boxing after his elder brother, Nikolai took up boxing.

At the 2013 Russian Championships. Egorov began competing in the category up to 49 kg. He reached the finals but lost to Balik Galanov. Thus, Egorov won a silver medal in the senior level at the Russian Nationals.

At the 2014 Russian Championships up to 49 kg. In the 1/8 finals he defeated Gore Hakobyan. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Ivan Varlamov. In the semifinals, he defeated 2012 Olympic bronze medalist David Ayrapetyan and in the final, he defeated Alexander Samoilov, becoming the Russian National champion.

In 2015, he won gold at the 2015 European Championships and in October, Egorov competed in his first Worlds at the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Doha, Qatar but lost in the finals to Cuban, Joahnys Argilagos.[1]

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