{{short description|Canadian boxer}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Boxing |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|8}} | birth_place = London, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Adam Trupish''' (born February 8, 1979) is a Canadian welterweight (– 69 kg) division boxer. He is a two-time Olympian and was ranked 5th in the world (among welterweights) after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=Garside, Trupish to be enshrined in Boxing Ontario hall of fame |work=Canada.com |date=16 August 2019 |url=https://beta.canada.com/sports/garside-trupish-to-be-enshrined-in-boxing-ontario-hall-of-fame/wcm/aaacb0c8-d1eb-4881-9f12-53cacb2d7f18/amp/ |archive-date=16 August 2019 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816025031/https://beta.canada.com/sports/garside-trupish-to-be-enshrined-in-boxing-ontario-hall-of-fame/wcm/aaacb0c8-d1eb-4881-9f12-53cacb2d7f18/amp/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==2004 Summer Olympics== He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was eliminated by technical knockout in the first round by Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/can/Adam+Trupish/1719857|title=Athens 2004 Olympics|work=Yahoo! Sports}}</ref>
Trupish qualified for the Athens Games as a lucky semifinal loser in the second tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. He took the place of Juan McPherson (USA), finalist from the 2003 Pan American Games. However his quota was dropped by the USA Boxing Association due to unsuccessful presentation at the USA Olympic trials. Winner of those trials Vanes Martirosyan qualified for the Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana.
==2008 Summer Olympics== Trupish was the only Canadian boxer (in any weight class) to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Simmons/2008/03/21/5069366-sun.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309210730/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Columnists/Simmons/2008/03/21/5069366-sun.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2016|author=Simmons, Steve|title=Boxing is down for the count: Canada now a one-man show|publisher=Slam! Sports|date=March 21, 2008}}</ref> The CBC projected a first-bout loss<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/adam-trupish-1.753745|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108061454/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2008/06/18/f-olympics-boxing-trupish.html|url-status=live|archive-date=November 8, 2012|title=Adam Trupish: Olympic Outlook|date=August 4, 2008 | work=CBC News}}</ref> and he was, in fact, eliminated after the first bout against Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Kazakhstan by a points loss of 20–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/boxing/resultsandschedules/rsc=BXM069506/index.html |title=Men's Welterweight (69kg/152 lbs) Round of 32 Official |publisher=NBC Sports |accessdate=10 August 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816221003/http://www.nbcolympics.com/boxing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DBXM069506/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Afterward, Trupish was heavily criticised in the Canadian press for his poor performance—the ''Edmonton Sun'' said he was "absolutely annihilated"<ref>{{cite news|title=Adam Trupish loses |newspaper=Edmonton Sun |url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/Sports/Beijing2008/2008/08/10/6406771.html |author=Simmons, Steve |date=10 August 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>—but was also given credit for giving a wake-up call to Boxing Canada. The embarrassment of seeing their only fighter soundly defeated in the first round is expected to bring attention to the need for Canada to provide better funding and training to their athletes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada's only boxer loses first-round match |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Olympics/2008Beijing/News/August/2008/08/10/6403731-cp.html |publisher=Slam! Sports |author=Spencer, Donna |date=10 August 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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