Jahon Qurbonov (Russian: Dzhakhon Kurbanov; born 12 February 1986, in Leninabad, now

Khujand Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند‌, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لن� ...

) is an amateur

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from

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, who competed in the

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in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division. There he beat Mehdi Ghorbani in the semifinals and won the gold medal in a decisive final bout against Korea's Hak Sung Song 30-15. At the 2007 World Championships he beat Luis Gonzalez but was DQd against

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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Qurbanov beat

Abbos Atoev Abbos Abdurazzoqovich Atoyev (born 7 June 1986) is an Uzbek amateur boxer, best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships and at middleweight in 2009. He also won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summ ...

of Uzbekistan and then Croatia's

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before being eliminated by Shynaliyev, again via DQ for biting. He qualified for the

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, where he was knocked out by

Yahia El-Mekachari Yahia El-Mekachari (born February 7, 1990 in Gafsa) is a Tunisian light heavyweight amateur boxer who competed at the 2012 Olympics. At the All-Africa Games 2011 he lost to eventual winner Abdelhafid Benchebla 7:14. but won the 2011 African Cham ...

in the first round.

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* * * 1986 births Living people People from Khujand Tajikistani male boxers Olympic boxers of Tajikistan Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Tajikistan Asian Games bronze medalists for Tajikistan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Light-heavyweight boxers {{Tajikistan-boxing-bio-stub