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Albert Selimov
Альберт Селимов
Selimov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameАльберт Шевкетович Селимов
NationalityAzerbaijan Azerbaijani
Russia Russian
Born (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 38)
Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia[1]
EducationDagestan State University[2]
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Sport
SportBoxing
ClubBaku Fires[2]
Coached byNuripasha Talibov (club)
Pedro Roqe (national)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Azerbaijan
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha -60 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku -60 kg
Representing  Russia
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Chicago -57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan -60 kg
Boxing World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Moscow -60 kg
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Plovdiv -57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow -60 kg

Albert Shevketovich Selimov (Russian: Альберт Шевкетович Селимов; born 5 April 1986) is an Olympic lightweight boxer of Lezgin descent. Competing for Russia he won the 2007 world title, the 2008 World Cup, and two European titles, in 2006 and 2010. After failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics he moved to Azerbaijan and placed second at the 2015 World Championships and fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

At the 2006 European Championships he beat Stephen Smith in the semis and Shahin Imranov 28:10 in the final.

At the 2007 World Championships southpaw counterpuncher Selimov beat American southpaw Raynell Williams and won against Yakup Kılıç by walk-over to reach the finals. There he outlasted Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko, another southpaw. In the round one bout of the featherweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vasyl Lomachenko finally got his revenge and outclassed world amateur champion 16–11 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold.

Olympic Games

2008

World Championships

2007 (featherweight)

2009 (lightweight)

2011 (lightweight)

2015 (lightweight)

Boxing World Cup

2008 (lightweight)

European Championships

2006 (featherweight)

European Games

2015 (lightweight)

References

  1. ^ Albert Selimov. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b c d Albert Selimov. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ Albert Selimov. rio2016.com