Nadezhda Torlopova
Personal information
Born (1978-11-23) November 23, 1978
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportBoxing
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonMiddleweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 BarbadosHeavyweight
Bronze medal – third place2012 QinhuangdaoMiddleweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 MykolaivHeavyweight
Gold medal – first place2011 RotterdamMiddleweight

Nadezhda Viktorovna Torlopova (Russian: Надежда Викторовна Торлопова, born 23 November 1978) is a Russian boxer.[1] She is the 2010 AIBA World Champion.

Career

Torlopova competed in women's middleweight boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, winning the silver medal, after losing to American boxer Claressa Shields 12–19 in the gold medal bout. She retired soon afterwards.[2][3]

Personal life

Torlopova is married to her husband and has one son and two daughters.

References

  1. London Olympics 2012 Nadezda Torlopova Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Soviet Olympic champion gymnast faces backlash after accusing ex-team-mate of sexual assault".
  3. "Olympics boxing: Claressa Shields takes middleweight gold for USA". Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-08-09.


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