Ruslan Khairov
Appearance
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Full name | Ruslan Sabir Xeyirov | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
Born | Kaspiysk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | January 7, 1976||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Weight class | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
Club | Neftchi Petrol, Bakı | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ruslan Sabirovich Khairov (born January 7, 1976, Kaspiysk, Dagestan) is a Russian-born former boxer from Azerbaijan. He competed in the Welterweight (– 69 kg) division, and won bronze medals at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships.
He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, but was knocked out in the quarterfinals on both occasions, by Oleg Saitov of Russia in 2000 and Lorenzo Aragón of Cuba in 2004, both of whom proceeded to win gold and silver in their respective competitions. He retired from boxing in 2008.[1] He currently resides in his hometown of Kaspiysk in Russia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Российский боксер Руслан Хаиров, выступающий за Азербайджан, завершит карьеру после Олимпиады-2008. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Руслан Хаиров - бокс
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- Azerbaijani male boxers
- Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijani people of Lezgian descent
- People from Kaspiysk
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Welterweight boxers
- Azerbaijani martial arts biography stubs
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