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Place of Birth: Yerevan, Armenia
About David Torosyan
- David Torosyan (Armenian: ????? ????????, born September 23, 1950 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is a retired Olympic medalist boxer for the Soviet Union of Armenian descent. Torosyan trained at Trudovye Rezervy in his hometown of Yerevan.
- He became well-known after winning the Soviet Youth Championships gold medal and European Junior Championships silver medal in 1970.
- Torosyan joined the USSR national boxing team shortly afterward. After joining the Soviet national boxing team, Torosyan won a bronze medal at the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
- He was selected by the Soviet Olympic team to compete at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- Torosyan advanced to the semifinals with relative ease, but was then controversially disqualified for a low blow.
- He won an Olympic bronze medal.Torosyan worked as a boxing coach in Armenia after retiring from his boxing career.
- He later emigrated to the United States, settling in Glendale, California, where he opened a gym.
- Torosyan coached Armenian-born American boxer Vanes Martirosyan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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