Nikolai Terteryan
{{Short description|Australian boxer (born 2001)}}
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| nationality = Danish
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| birth_place = Yerevan, Armenia
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Nikolai Terteryan (born 19 June 2001) is an Armenian-born Danish boxer. He won the gold medal in the light middleweight event in the 2023 European Games in Kraków, which qualified him for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Amateur career
Terteryan trains at BK Wedala in Vejle, won silver at the 2015 European Schoolboys Championships in Anapa{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanSchoolboysChampionships2015.html|title=European Schoolboys Championships 2015|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} and was also a participant in the 2016 Junior European Championships in Kaposvár,{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanCadetChampionships2016.html|title=European Junior Championships 2016|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} the 2018 Youth World Championships in Budapest{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldJuniorChamps2018.html|title=Youth World Championships 2018|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} and the 2018 Youth European Championships in Roseto{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanJuniorChampionships2018.html|title=European Youth Championships 2018|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} and 2019 in Sofia.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanJuniorChampionships2019.pdf|title=European Youth Championships 2019|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}
At the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in London, which was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and continued in Paris in 2021, Terteryan won the opening round against the Kosovar Shpëtim Bajoku, but lost in the round of 16 to the Belarusian Dzmitry Asanau.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2020.pdf|title=Boxing European Qualification 2020|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2021.pdf#page=26|title=Boxing Qualifier 2021|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} In 2021, he became Danish amateur welterweight champion for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Denmark2021.pdf|title=Danish National Championships 2021|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}
In 2022, Terteryan won the gold medal in the welterweight division at the U22 European Championships in Poreč, defeating Oliwier Zamojski from Poland, Chris-Marco Eloundou from Germany, Yaroslav Mykhalushko from Ukraine, Nabi Iskandarov from Azerbaijan and Ioan Croft from Wales.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/boksning/2022-03-24-ungt-boksetalent-sikrer-forste-danske-em-guld-i-26-ar|title=Ungt boksetalent sikrer første danske EM-guld i 26 år|date=24 March 2022 |publisher=TV2|language=da}}{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships2022u22.pdf|title=U22 Men European Boxing Championships|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} It was the first European title win by an adult Danish boxer since the 1996 European Championships, when Hasan Al won gold in the welterweight category.{{cite web|url=https://vafo.dk/sport/vejle-bokser-vinder-em-og-kom-et-skridt-naermere-ol-i-2024|title=Vejle-bokser vinder EM og kom et skridt nærmere OL i 2024|website=Vejle Amts Folkeblad|date=23 March 2022 |language=da}}
In 2023, Terteryan also won the European Games in Kraków in the light middleweight category, defeating the Portuguese Diogo Marcelino, the Italian Salvatore Cavallaro, the Albanian Alban Beqiri, the Turk Tuğrulhan Erdemir and in the final against the Serbian Vahid Abasov.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanGames2023.pdf|title=European Games 2023|website=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}} He thus became the first Danish boxer since Dennis Ceylan in 2012 to qualify for the Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.dif.dk/nyheder/2023/07/ol-bokser-baerer-den-danske-fane|title=OL-bokser bærer den danske fane|website=www.dif.dk|language=da}}{{cite web|url=https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/sport/dansk-bokser-er-i-european-games-finale-uden-kamp/4460323|title=Dansk bokser er i European Games-finale uden kamp|website=nordjyske.dk|date=30 June 2023 |language=da}}
At the 2024 Olympics in Paris Terteryan reached the quarterfinals after a win against Makan Traoré in the round of 16. In the quarterfinal Terteryan was defeated by Uzbek Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev, who later won the olympic title.{{Cite web |title=Makan Traore vs. Nikolai Terteryan, 2024 Paris Olympics {{!}} Boxing Bout |url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/901217-2024-paris-olympics-makan-traore-vs-nikolai-terteryan |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Tapology |language=en}}
Personal life
Terteryan's father Tigran was a boxer in the Armenian national team. After Tigran participated in the super heavyweight division at the 1996 European Championships in Vejle, Denmark, he stayed in the country and applied for asylum in order to avoid conscription in Armenia. After bringing his wife and son to Denmark, the couple had three more sons, including Nikolai and his twin brother Sebastian, who also boxes on the Danish national team. Tigran died in 2020 at the age of 50 and was buried in Armenia.{{cite web|url=https://ugeavisen.dk/ugeavisenvejle/tragedie-foer-bokse-jm-broedre-har-mistet-deres-far|title=Tragedie før bokse-JM: Brødre har mistet deres far|website=ugeavisen.dk|date=22 January 2020 }}
References
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External links
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- {{Tapology|410757-nikolai-terteryan}}
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Category:Danish people of Armenian descent
Category:Boxers at the 2023 European Games
Category:European Games medalists in boxing
Category:European Games gold medalists for Denmark
Category:Olympic boxers for Denmark
Category:Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Yerevan
Category:Immigrants to Denmark