Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov (russian: Оле́г Элекпа́евич Саи́тов; (born May 26, 1974 in
Novokuybyshevsk
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History
During the Russian Civil War, the area where the city now stands was ...
,
Russian SFSR
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to a
Volga Tatar
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father and ethnic
Russian
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mother) is a Russian former
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He won the
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gold medal
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at the
1996
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and
2000 Summer Olympics
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in the
welterweight
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division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics.
Saitov was the winner of the
Val Barker Trophy
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for Outstanding Boxer at the 2000
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Games. In 2004, he won the title at the
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
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in
Pula
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Olympic results
1996 Olympic Results
*Round of 32:Defeated
Cahit Sume of Turkey - PTS (11-1)
*Round of 16:Defeated
Ho-Jo Bae of South Korea -PTS (9-5)
*Quarterfinal:Defeated
Kamel Chater
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of Tunisia - PTS (9-3)
*Semifinal:Defeated
Daniel Santos of Puerto Rico - PTS (13-11)
*Final:Defeated
Juan Hernandez Sierra
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of Cuba - PTS (14-9)
2000 Olympic Results
*Round of 16:Defeated
Francisco Calderon of Colombia - PTS (15-1)
*Quarterfinal:Defeated
Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan - PTS (10-10; 55-47)
*Semifinal:Defeated
Dorel Simion
Dorel Simion (born February 13, 1977 in București) is a Romanian boxer. Simion won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won gold at the 1997 World Championships and 1998 European Championships.
Personal
He ...
of Romania - PTS (19-10)
*Final:Defeated
Serhiy Dotsenko of Ukraine- PTS (24-16)
2004 Olympic Results
*Round of 32:Defeated
Ait Hammi Miloud of Morocco - PTS (30-15)
*Round of 16:Defeated
Mohamed Hikal
Mohamed Hikal (born January 10, 1979) is an Egyptian boxer. He won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He competed in four Olympic Games from 2000-2012.
Career
Hikal ...
of Egypt - PTS (18-17)
*Quarterfinal:Defeated
Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan - PTS (22-14)
*Semifinal:Lost to
Bakhtiyar Artayev
Bakhtiyar Garifollauly Artayev ( kk, Бақтияр Ғарифоллаұлы Артаев, ''Baqtiiar Ğarifollaūly Artaev''; born 14 March 1983) is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won the gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He w ...
of Kazakhstan - PTS (18-20)
References
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1974 births
Living people
People from Novokuybyshevsk
Olympic boxers for Russia
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
Russian male boxers
Tatar people of Russia
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Welterweight boxers
Sportspeople from Samara Oblast
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