Teymur Mammadov (born 11 January 1993) is a heavyweight

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from

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. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and reached quarterfinals at the 2016 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the

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Career

Mammadov who won silver at the

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, losing to

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and gold at the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the

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Mammadov won a bronze medal after a controversial decision to award him a victory over Siarhei Karneyeu. He had already defeated

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but lost to

Clemente Russo Clemente Russo (born 27 July 1982) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2007 and 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight (201 lbs limit). He currently boxes for the Italia Thunder team in the Worl ...

in the semi-final. In 2013 Mammadov reached the finals at the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk and won the silver medal. He won a bronze medal at the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships after losing to

again. By 2015 Mammadov moved down from the heavyweight (91 kg) to light heavyweight division (81 kg), winning a gold medal at the 2015 European Games. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by the eventual silver medalist Adilbek Niyazymbetov of

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. Mammadov was the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the

References

External links

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Euro 2011
at amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
World Championships 2011 results
at amateur-boxing.strefa.pl Azerbaijani male boxers Heavyweight boxers 1993 births Living people Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Azerbaijan Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan European Games medalists in boxing AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Baku Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in boxing {{Azerbaijan-boxing-bio-stub