Yerkebulan Shynaliyev

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| fullname = Еркебулан Шыналиев

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| nationality = Kazakh

| weight class = Light Heavyweight

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| birth_place = Karabastau near Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

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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.

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.[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/nationworld/sns-ap-oly-box-fight-bite,0,324685.story Orlando Sentinel] {{dead link|date=December 2022}}

= 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

References

External links

[http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldJuniorChamps2006.html Juniors 2006]
[http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2007.html World 2007]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/yerkebulan-shynaliyev-1.html sports-reference]

Category:Living people

Category:Dughlats

Category:1987 births

Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan

Category:Olympic medalists in boxing

Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Kazakhstani male boxers

Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists

Category:Light-heavyweight boxers

Category:21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen

Category:Sportspeople from Turkistan Region