Serik Sapiyev


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Birth date
Age
16/11/1983 
29
Height
Gender
179 cm / 5'10" 
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
5Light Welter (64kg)2008Beijing, CHN
World Championships
1Light Welter (64kg)2007Chicago, IL, USA
1Light Welter (64kg)2005Mianyang, CHN
2Welter (69kg)2011Baku, AZE
3Welter (69kg)2009Milan, ITA
Asian Games
1Welter (69kg)2010Guangzhou, CHN
Asian Championships
1Welter (69kg)2009Zhuhai, CHN
Chemie Pokal
1Welter (69kg)2012Halle, GER
Feliks Sztamm
2Welter (69kg)2010Warsaw, POL
President Cup
1Welter (69kg)2010Astana, KAZ

Hobbies

Meeting friends, watching TV. (sportmaster.ucoz.kz, 27 May 2010)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Law - Karaganda State University, Karaganda, KAZ

Family

Wife Molder and daughter Akku.

Language(s) spoken

Kazakh, Russian

Coach

Aleksandr Strelnikov (KAZ) from 1994 (sports.kz, 01 Oct 2009, avitrek.kz, 30 Nov 2005)

Handedness

Left (avitrek.kz, 30 Nov 2005)

Debut

2002 for Kazakhstan (Athlete, 15 Nov 2010)

Injuries

Before the 2005 World Boxing Championships he injured his left hand while training. (avitrek.kz, 30 Nov 2005)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He took up boxing at age of 11 in Abay in his home city. (megapolis.kz, 28 Apr 2008)

Reason for taking up this sport
His uncle was a well known boxer in the Soviet Union and his father urged him to go to a boxing school. (spy.kz, 31 Dec 2007)

Ambitions
To win gold at the Olympic Games. (sportmaster.ucoz.kz, 27 May 2010)

Training
Normally trains once a day but increases it to twice a day before competitions. (sportmaster.ucoz.kz, 27 May 2010)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Becoming world champion in 2007. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2010)

Most influential person in career
Coach Aleksandr Strelnikov. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2010)

Superstitions / Rituals
"I don't have any talismans. I simply ask Allah for help. If I feel nervous [before a bout], then I make a more intensive warm-up to calm down." (olympiada.gazeta.kz, 01 Aug 2008)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"It is most important in a bout to think first before striking a blow." (sportmaster.ucoz.kz, 27 May 2010)

Awards
He was named the best athlete of 2007 and 2011 in Kazakhstan. (megapolis.kz, 28 Apr 2008; sports.kz, 26 Dec 2011)

He holds the national sports title of an honoured master of sport. (kfb.kz, 04 May 2010)

General
NATIONAL FIRST
In 2007 he triumphed in the World Boxing Championships, making him the first Kazakh boxer to capture the title. (sports.ru, 27 May 2010)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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