Javid Taghiyev ( az, Cavid Tağıyev; born 6 October 1981, in
Lankaran
Lankaran ( az, Lənkəran, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a dis ...
) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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from
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
.
He participated in 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), ...
for his native European country. There he was stopped in the second round of the
Middleweight (75 kg) division by Thailand's eventual bronze medalist
Suriya Prasathinphimai
Suriya Prasathinphimai ( th, สุริยา ปราสาทหินพิมาย; born April 2, 1980) is a Thai boxer who competed in the Middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He qualified for t ...
.
Taghiyev won the bronze medal in the same division six months earlier, at the
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in
Pula, Croatia
Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the ...
.
After retiring from boxing, Taghiyev moved to
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, where he professionally trains local boxers.
External links
Yahoo! Sports
1981 births
Living people
Azerbaijani male boxers
Middleweight boxers
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Azerbaijan
People from Lankaran
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