Yaser Shigan (born August 17, 1976) is a
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
, who won the only gold medal for Syria at the
2005 Mediterranean Games in
Almería, Spain. In the final of the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg) he defeated former Romanian
Ovidiu Bobîrnat, who now competes for
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
.
References
juegosmediterraneos
1976 births
Living people
Featherweight boxers
Syrian male boxers
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Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Syria
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing