Rustamhodza "Rustam" Rahimov (born February 16, 1975 in Dushanbe) is a German former

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of Tajikistanii origin. He won a bronze medal at the

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Medals

* At the

, Rahimov won the

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medal in the flyweight boxing event. He was 29. * At the 2005 World Boxing Championships, he beat American

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at bantamweight and won the silver medal.

Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated

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(Colombia) 25-15 *Defeated Paulus Ambunda (Namibia) 28-15 *Lost to

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(Cuba) 11-20

References

In the olympics

1975 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Dushanbe Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tajikistani male boxers Tajikistani emigrants to Germany Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics German male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub