Fuad Aslanov (born January 2, 1983 in

Sumgait Sumgait (; az, Sumqayıt, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city has a population of around 345,300, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Ba ...

) is an

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who competed in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the

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, by ending up in second place at the 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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Olympic results

*Defeated George Jouvin Rakotoarimbelo (Madagascar) (walk-over) *Defeated

Nikoloz Izoria Nikoloz Izoria ( ka, ნიკოლოზ იზორია) (born August 31, 1985) is a boxer from Georgia. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Flyweight (51 k ...

(Georgia) 27-21 *Defeated

Andrzej Rżany Andrzej Rżany (born September 26, 1973) is a boxer from Poland. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual ...

(Poland) 24-23 *Lost to

Jérôme Thomas Jérôme Cedric Thomas (born 20 January 1979) is a French former boxer, he competed in the flyweight (– 51 kg) division as an amateur and as a bantamweight as a professional. Amateur boxing career Thomas won the world championship at ...

(France) 18-23

References

* 1983 births Living people Azerbaijani male boxers Olympic boxers of Azerbaijan Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Flyweight boxers People from Sumgait {{Azerbaijan-Olympic-medalist-stub