Maxim Valeryevich Koptyakov is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n amateur boxer who won the silver medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships

2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Liverpool, England in November 2008. They were the 37th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.-Medal winners:-Medal table:...

 in the middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 division.

Russian national championships

Koptyakov won the 2008 middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 Russian senior national championships beating Dmitriy Chudinov in the final 12-8.

European Amateur Championships

Koptyakov represented Russia at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England. He won a silver medal losing to the Ukraine's Ivan Senay

Ivan Senay

Ivan Senay is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the gold medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the middleweight division.-European Amateur Championships:...

 9-4 in the final.

European Championships results

2008 (as a Middleweight)

• Preliminary round - BYE
• Second round Defeated Naim Terbunja
  Naim Terbunja
  Naim Terbunja is a Swedish amateur boxer of Kosovo-Albanian descent who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight....
  
   (Sweden) 7-5
• Quarter Finals Defeated Mikalai Vesialou (Belarus) 12-3
• Semi Finals Defeated Eamon O'Kane (Ireland) 10-2
• Finals Lost to Ivan Senay
  Ivan Senay
  Ivan Senay is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the gold medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the middleweight division.-European Amateur Championships:...
  
  (Ukraine) 4-9