Yaroslav Samofalov (Ukrainian: Ярослав Самофалов; born 16 January 1995 in Sumy, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer in the welterweight division. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Games.[2]
He studied at the School of Physical Culture in Brovary. His first coach is V. Chubov. He was also coached by A. Bakhtin.[1] He is silver medalist of the 2013 European Junior Boxing Championships. In 2014, he became Ukrainian champion after he won in the final against Yevhenii Barabanov. In 2016, he lost to Barabanov in the final of Ukrainian championships. He is also 2017 Ukrainian champion, 2021 silver medalist, 2018 and 2019 bronze medalist.
Samofalov achieved his first international success at the 2015 European Games in Baku. He first won against Mateusz Kostecki from Poland, Simeon Chamov from Bulgaria and Gela Abashidze from Georgia, but then lost in semifinals to Alexander Besputin from Russia, thus securing a bronze medal. At the 2015 World Championships in Doha, he won against Clarence Goyeram from Sweden, but lost in round of 16 to Roniel Iglesias from Cuba.
In 2016, Samofalov tried to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He first participated in the European Qualification Tournament in Samsun where he lost in round of 32 to Adem Fetahović from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Then he competed in the World Qualifying Tournament in Baku where he won against Fano Kori from Australia, but lost in round of 16 to Simeon Chamov from Bulgaria. Since Chamov lost in the next round to the future event champion Souleymane Cissokho from France, the Bulgarian got an Olympic quota.
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^ ab"Ukrainian Team at the 2015 European Games], published by the NOC of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)".
yaroslav, samofalov, ukrainian, Ярослав, Самофалов, born, january, 1995, sumy, ukraine, ukrainian, amateur, boxer, welterweight, division, bronze, medal, 2015, european, games, born, 1995, january, 1995, sumy, ukrainenationalityukrainianstatisticsweight, welte. Yaroslav Samofalov Ukrainian Yaroslav Samofalov born 16 January 1995 in Sumy Ukraine is a Ukrainian amateur boxer in the welterweight division He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Games 2 Yaroslav SamofalovBorn 1995 01 16 16 January 1995 age 29 1 Sumy UkraineNationalityUkrainianStatisticsWeight s WelterweightHeight1 77 m 5 ft 10 in StanceOrthodox stanceMedal record Men s amateur boxingRepresenting UkraineEuropean Games2015 Baku WelterweightHe studied at the School of Physical Culture in Brovary His first coach is V Chubov He was also coached by A Bakhtin 1 He is silver medalist of the 2013 European Junior Boxing Championships In 2014 he became Ukrainian champion after he won in the final against Yevhenii Barabanov In 2016 he lost to Barabanov in the final of Ukrainian championships He is also 2017 Ukrainian champion 2021 silver medalist 2018 and 2019 bronze medalist Samofalov achieved his first international success at the 2015 European Games in Baku He first won against Mateusz Kostecki from Poland Simeon Chamov from Bulgaria and Gela Abashidze from Georgia but then lost in semifinals to Alexander Besputin from Russia thus securing a bronze medal At the 2015 World Championships in Doha he won against Clarence Goyeram from Sweden but lost in round of 16 to Roniel Iglesias from Cuba In 2016 Samofalov tried to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics He first participated in the European Qualification Tournament in Samsun where he lost in round of 32 to Adem Fetahovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina Then he competed in the World Qualifying Tournament in Baku where he won against Fano Kori from Australia but lost in round of 16 to Simeon Chamov from Bulgaria Since Chamov lost in the next round to the future event champion Souleymane Cissokho from France the Bulgarian got an Olympic quota References edit a b Ukrainian Team at the 2015 European Games published by the NOC of Ukraine in Ukrainian Yaroslav Samofalov is bronze medalist of the European Games National Olympic Committee of Ukraine 26 June 2015 in Ukrainian External links editSamofalov s profile at boxrec com Yaroslav Samofalov in Instagram Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yaroslav Samofalov amp oldid 1214181832, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
