Farrukh Kilichev
Uzbekistani former amateur boxer and national team trainer.
Farrukh Kilichev is an Uzbekistani former amateur boxer and currently boxing trainer of the Uzbekistan National Team. Born September 15, 1985, in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan, he started boxing in 1995. He competed as an amateur from 2000 until 2011 in the light heavyweight and heavyweight categories, winning multiple national championships. In 2009, he won the Misra International Tournament in Chandigarh, India. After an injury ended his fighting career in 2011, he turned to coaching, eventually becoming senior boxing coach at the Chirchik College of the Olympic Reserve. He now trains Olympic gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov, Dilshodbek Ruzmetov, and youth Olympic medalist Jakhongir Rakhmonov.
Quick Facts
- Weight
- Middleweight, Light heavyweight
- Height
- 190 cm / 6 ft 3 in
- Born
- 15 September 1985
- Birthplace
- Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
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Background
Kilichev's boxing journey began in 1995 when he was ten years old, training in his hometown of Jizzakh. By 2005 he was competing in the middleweight and light heavyweight categories, becoming multiple champion of Uzbekistan. He graduated from Uzbek State University of Physical Culture and Sport in 2008. His amateur career spanned 2000 to 2011, covering light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.
In 2008, he earned a silver medal at the International Tournament in Ufa, Russia (December 2–6). The following year he won the Misra International Tournament in Chandigarh, India. His last amateur medal came in 2011 — a bronze at the Shokyr Boltekuly Memorial Tournament in Aktau, Kazakhstan (October 26–30). That same year, an injury forced him to stop fighting.
He immediately began coaching at the Chirchik College of the Olympic Reserve, and by 2016 he became the senior boxing coach. In 2018 the institution was renamed the Chirchik Specialized boarding school of the Olympic Reserve, where he continues to train elite boxers including Bakhodir Jalolov, Dilshodbek Ruzmetov, and Jakhongir Rakhmonov.
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