welterweight competition

In 1928 he won the silver medal in the Freestyle Welterweight competition.

Won the Welterweight competition at the 2000 Olympic Trials.

In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman welterweight competition as well as in the freestyle middleweight event.

The welterweight competition was the fifth-highest weight class featured in amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.

The Women's welterweight competition at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships was held at the Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 14.

The Welterweight competition was the fifth heaviest class featured at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex.

The men's light welterweight competition of the boxing events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, was held between October 21 and 28 at the Expo Guadalajara Arena.

In 2008 he failed in his first qualifier at lightweight against Baik Jong-Sub but went up a weightclass and qualified for the Olympics by winning the Junior Welterweight competition of the second qualifier against Akmat Madaminov.