Yerkebulan Shynaliyev

Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born October 7, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known for winning bronze medals at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Yerkebulan Shynaliyev

Personal information
Full name	Еркебулан Шыналиев
Nationality	Kazakh
Born	(1987-10-07) October 7, 1987 (age 37) Karabastau near Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light Heavyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Light Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 2007 Chicago Light Heavyweight

Career

Shynaliyev won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2006.

At the seniors 2007, the short southpaw beat Asian Champ Jahon Qurbonov and Tony Jeffries 20:9 but lost to eventual winner Abbos Atoev 8:17 in the semifinal.

Olympic games results

2008 (as a Light heavyweight)

• Defeated Daugirdas Semiotas (Lithuania) 11-3
• Defeated Carlos Negrón (Puerto Rico) 9-3
• Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) WDQ 3 (2:43)
• Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 4-4

Note: Shynaliyev was leading 12-6 when Kurbanov was disqualified for biting Shynaliyev on the shoulder.^[1]

World amateur championship results

2007 (as a Light heavyweight)

• Defeated Evgeni Chernovol (Moldava) 28-10
• Defeated Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) DQ 4
• Defeated Zhang Xiaoping (China) 14-5
• Defeated Tony Jeffries (England) 20-9
• Lost to Abbos Atoev (Uzbekistan) 8-17