Liu Yuan (born March 11, 1979) is a male
amateur boxer
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Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...
from
PR China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. He qualified to compete 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), ...
in the
bantamweight
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The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
division (– 54 kg) where he lost in the first round to Cuba's eventual gold medalist
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and ''Ring'' magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and ...
. Liu qualified for the 2004 Athens Games as a bantamweight by ending up in second place at the
1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
, PR China. In the final he lost to Pakistan's
Mehrullah Lassi
Mehrullah Lassi (born November 24, 1979, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani amateur boxer best known to win a gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games.
Career
Mehrullah Lassi joined the Karachi Port Trust boxing club in 1995.
He won a gold medal ...
.
References
sports-reference
1979 births
Living people
Bantamweight boxers
Olympic boxers of China
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Guizhou
Chinese male boxers
21st-century Chinese people
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