Oleksandr Usyk


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Birth date
Age
17/01/1987 
25
Height
Gender
190 cm / 6'3" 
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
5Heavy (91kg)2008Beijing, CHN
World Championships
1Heavy (91kg)2011Baku, AZE
3Heavy (91kg)2009Milan, ITA
European Championships
1Light Heavy (81kg)2008Liverpool, GBR
President Cup
1Heavy (91kg)2010Astana, KAZ
1Heavy (91kg)2009Baku, AZE

Nickname

'The Cat'. (an.crimea.ua, 2011)

Hobbies

Writing poems. (kp.ua, 29 Nov 2011)

Education

Coaching - Zaporozhye National University, Zaporozhye, UKR

Family

Spouse Yekaterina and daughter Yelizaveta.

Club name

Tavriya, Simferopol, UKR

Coach

Sergey Dotsenko, Dmitry Sosnovsky (UKR) (kianews.com.ua, 12 Oct 2011)

Handedness

Left (time4news.org, 01 Oct 2009)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He took up the sport in 2002, relatively late for a boxer, at the club Tavriya under his first coach Sergey Lapin. (vringe.com, 25 Jan 2010; kp.ua, 29 Nov 2011)

Reason for taking up this sport
He switched to boxing after being dismissed from a football team after getting a red card in a game. (vringe.com, 25 Jan 2010)

Ambitions
To win gold at London 2012 Olympic Games. (an.crimea.ua, 2011)

Superstitions / Rituals
He always prays before bouts. (kp.ua, 13 Oct 2011)

Awards
He holds the national sports title of Honoured Master of Sport. (time4news.org, 01 Oct 2009)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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