Vassiliy Levit
Levit on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Born (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988
Fyodorvka, Fyodorov District, Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakhstani
Statistics
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Boxing record[1]
Total fights96
Wins78
Wins by KO10
Losses18
Draws0
No contests0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroHeavyweight
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 HamburgHeavyweight
Bronze medal – third place2019 YekaterinburgHeavyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 ZhuhaiHeavyweight
Gold medal – first place2015 BangkokHeavyweight
Gold medal – first place2017 TashkentHeavyweight
Silver medal – second place2021 DubaiHeavyweight
Bronze medal – third place2019 BangkokHeavyweight

Vassiliy Levit (Russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Леви́т; born 24 February 1988) is a Kazakh heavyweight amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]

Career

In the 2016 Olympic final Levit was controversially defeated by Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko via a unanimous judge's decision.[4][5][6] The crowd reacted with shock and anger to the result,[4][5] and several boxing professionals criticised the decision, with some suggesting Levit should have been awarded all three rounds.[7] At the medal ceremony, Levit put his fingers to his lips to discourage the crowd from booing Tischenko.[4] Afterwards, Levit said that he felt that he had won the fight, but declined to criticise the judges and said that Tischenko deserved respect.[4]

He won the bronze medal at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Heavyweight category.

Coaching career

September 28, 2022 — appointed Head of the Department of Physical Training of Personnel Anti-Corruption Agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing record for Vassiliy Levit". BoxRec.
  2. ↑ AIBA profile
  3. ↑ "Vasily Levit". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko booed after winning Olympic gold". CNN. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Boxing: Russia's Tishchenko wins heavyweight gold to boos". Reuters. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rio 2016: Tishchenko wins controversial boxing heavyweight gold". Times of India. AFP. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Robinson, Isaac (16 August 2016). "Shane McGuigan and BJ Flores among those to condemn Olympic boxing judging". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Василий Левит получил неожиданную должность после ухода из сборной Казахстана". www.sports.kz. 28 September 2022.
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