Vasilii Egorov

Vasily Mikhailovich Egorov (Russian: Василий Михайлович Егоров; born 16 September 1993 in Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia, Russia) is a Russian boxer of Yakut descent in Light flyweight category. He won silver at the 2015 World Championships and gold at the 2015 European Championships.

Vasily Egorov

Egorov in January 2019
Personal information
Native name	Василий Михайлович Егоров
Full name	Vasily Mikhailovich Egorov
Nationality	Yakutsn
Born	(1992-09-16) September 16, 1992 Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia, Russia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Light flyweight
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing Russia World Championships 2015 Doha Light flyweight European Championships 2015 Samokov Light flyweight 2017 Kharkiv Light flyweight

Career

Egorov was born in the village of Hara in Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia. He started boxing after his elder brother, Nikolai took up boxing.

At the 2013 Russian Championships. Egorov began competing in the category up to 49 kg. He reached the finals but lost to Balik Galanov. Thus, Egorov won a silver medal in the senior level at the Russian Nationals.

At the 2014 Russian Championships up to 49 kg. In the 1/8 finals he defeated Gore Hakobyan. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Ivan Varlamov. In the semifinals, he defeated 2012 Olympic bronze medalist David Ayrapetyan and in the final, he defeated Alexander Samoilov, becoming the Russian National champion.

In 2015, he won gold at the 2015 European Championships and in October, Egorov competed in his first Worlds at the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Doha, Qatar but lost in the finals to Cuban, Joahnys Argilagos.

External links

• Vasilii Egorov at AIBA.org (archived)
• Vasilii Egorov at Olympics.com
• Vasilii Egorov at World Series of Boxing
• Vasiliy Egorov at The-Sports.org