Hovhannes Bachkov

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Hovhannes Bachkov
Hovhannes Bachkov Rio2016.jpg
Bachkov at the 2016 Olympics
Statistics
Weight(s)64 kg (141 lb)
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
NationalityArmenian
Born (1992-12-02) 2 December 1992 (age 29)
Gyumri, Armenia

Hovhannes Bachkov (born 2 December 1992) is an Armenian amateur boxer. He competed in the light-welterweight division at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the second bout.[1][2] He won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Bachkov is of mostly Armenian descent, but his paternal grandfather was ethnic Russian, hence the Russian last name.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Hovhannes Bachkov". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Hovhannes Bachkov". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Հովհաննես Բաչկով. պատրաստ եմ նվաճել օլիմպիական չեմպիոնի տիտղոսը" (in Armenian). 22 July 2016. Իմ պապը ազգությամբ ռուս է:

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