Pavlo Ishchenko
{{short description|Ukrainian boxer}}
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| native_name = פבלו אישצ'נקו
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| birth_name = Павел Олегович Ищенко
| nickname = Wild Man
| nationality = Ukrainian-Israeli
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|4|30}}
| birth_place = Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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| country = {{UKR}} / {{ISR}}
| sport = Boxing
| event = Bantamweight
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| coach = Oleg Ishchenko
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's amateur boxing}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
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{{MedalGold| 2013 Minsk | Lightweight}}
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{{MedalBronze|2017 Kharkiv|Lightweight}}
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Pavlo Olehovych Ishchenko (Hebrew: פבלו אולהוביץ' אישצ'נקו; Ukrainian: Павел Олегович Ищенко; nicknamed "Wild Man"; born April 30, 1992) is an Olympic Ukrainian-Israeli boxer who competes as a bantamweight.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/pavlo-ishchenko-1.html "Pavlo Ishchenko Bio, Stats, and Results" {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com]{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Pavlo Ishchenko|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ishchenko-pavlo-1055919/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=12 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130127235129/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ishchenko-pavlo-1055919/|archivedate=27 January 2013}}}} He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight (60 kg) for Ukraine. In 2017, boxing for Israel, he won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight.
Early and personal life
Ishchenko was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia, and is Jewish."Sports Shorts," Jewish Sports Review, Volume 11, No. 4, Issue 124, p. 22, November/December 2017. His father, Oleg Ishchenko, is also Jewish and is his coach.[http://www.sportstarlive.com/boxing/ring-of-conflict-from-ukraine-to-israel-ishchenko-jabs-away/article19580254.ece "‘Ring of Conflict’: From Ukraine to Israel, Ishchenko jabs away" - Sportstarlive] He grew up in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, where he attended the local Chabad.[http://jewishboxing.blogspot.com/2016/06/introducing-pavlo-ishchenko.html The Jewish Boxing Blog: "Introducing Pavlo Ishchenko"]
Boxing career
He represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics, at 20 years of age, and was defeated in Round One of the Men's bantamweight by Joseph Diaz of the United States, 9–19, and came in 17th.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/boxing/9434902/London-2012-Olympics-Team-GB-middleweight-Anthony-Ogogo-defeats-Junior-Castillo-to-reach-last-16.html "London 2012 Olympics: Team GB middleweight Anthony Ogogo defeats Junior Castillo to reach last 16,"] Telegraph.
He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight (60 kg) for Ukraine, receiving congratulations from Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.[https://www.proboxing-fans.com/broadway-boxing-results-amanda-serrano-scores-tko1-victory_021816/ "Broadway Boxing results: Amanda Serrano scores TKO1 victory" {{!}} ProBoxing-Fans.com][http://usa.mfa.gov.ua/en/press-center/news-from-ukraine/466-premjer-ministr-privitav-pavla-ishhenka-z-peremogoju-na-chempionati-jevropi-z-boksu "Prime Minister congratulates Pavlo Ishchenko on victory at European Boxing Championship" - News from Ukraine - Embassy of Ukraine in the United States of America] He also won a bronze medal at the Baku 2015 European Games, as he pulled out injured from his semi-final bout.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150427184316/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/sopinskyi-defends-ukrainian-boxing-title-berinchyk-loses-semis.html Baku 2015 European Games - Sopinskyi Defends Ukrainian Boxing Title, Berinchyk Loses In Semis]}} He competed for Ukraine until 2015.
As an amateur he had a record of 294–23.
In February 2016, he defeated Rafael Vazquez of Puerto Rico in a unanimous six-round decision in New York City, to bring his professional record to 3–0 (2 KOs).
In 2017, he won the Israeli National Championship in the lightweight division. That same year, boxing for Israel, he won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Amateur Boxing Championships as a Lightweight.[https://ukropnews24.com/former-ukrainian-pavel-ishchenko-has-brought-to-israel-a-medal-th-boxing/ "Former Ukrainian Pavel Ishchenko has brought to Israel a medal TH Boxing"]
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Sports-Reference|is/pavlo-ishchenko-1}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|pavlo-ishchenko}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Kherson
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Olympic boxers for Ukraine
Category:Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople
Category:Ukrainian male boxers
Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel