Alexandr Ivanovich Maletin (russian: Александр Иванович Малетин; born February 6, 1975) is a

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from

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best known to win the lightweight world championships 1997.

Career

Maletin won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 57 kg) at the

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. He beat

Makhach Nuridinov Mahac Nuriddinovun (born 15 December 1977) is an Azerbaijani boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 200 ...

(Azerbaijan) 14–5,

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(Venezuela) RSC 3 and Selim Palyani (Turkey) RSC 4. In the semifinals, he was defeated by eventual gold medalist southpaw

Mario Kindelán Mario César Kindelán Mesa (born August 10, 1971), best known as Mario Kindelán, is a Cuban former amateur boxer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having competed in the lightweight division at the 2000 and 2004 events. His cousin is ...

from

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15–27. In 2002, he became European champion by besting

Boris Georgiev Boris Georgiev ( bg, Борис Георгиев) (born 5 December 1982) is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the light welterweight class. Career In 2000 he lost the European fea ...

Light Welterweight

He beat

Manus Boonjumnong Manus Boonjumnong ( th, มนัส บุญจำนงค์; , born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Non Boonjum ...

34:16 in 2003 but controversially lost the World championships final 2003 against French southpaw

Willy Blain Willy Blain (born 24 April 1978) is a French boxer, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight division. Amateur The southpaw won silver at the World Championships 1999, losing only to Uzbek Mahammatkodir Abdoollaye ...

. Maletin also represented his native country at the

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, where he defeated

Saleh Khoulef Saleh Khoulef (born March 30, 1975) is an Egyptian boxer., He competed in the light welterweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharu ...

(Egypt) RSC 3 (0:10) and lost again to Willy Blain (France) 20–28.

Olympic results

2000 *Defeated

(Azerbaijan) 14-5 *Defeated

(Venezuela) RSC 3 *Defeated Selim Palyani (Turkey) RSC 4 *Lost to

(Cuba) 15-27 2004 *Defeated

(Egypt) RSC 3 (0:10) *Lost to

(France) 20-28

References

databaseOlympics.com

1975 births Living people Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in boxing Russian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub