Khédafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, (born 26 October 1983) is a French

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n origin. He qualified for the

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and won a silver medal at the 2004 European Championships.

Career

Djelkhir won a silver medal at featherweight at the

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losing to

Vitali Tajbert Vitali Tajbert (born 25 May 1982) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the WBC super-featherweight title in 2010 (having held the interim title from 2009 to 2010) and the European Union title in 2008. As ...

. He participated in the

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. There, he was defeated in the second round of the featherweight (57 kg) division again by Germany's eventual bronze medalist

. Djelkhir qualified for the Olympics 2008 by beating

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boxer Stephen Smith in the

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of a European qualifying tournament. At the

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he reached the finals where he lost to Ukrainian southpaw

Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko ( uk, Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, ; also spelled Vasiliy; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes fr ...

Olympic Games

2004 (featherweight) *Defeated

Saifeddine Nejmaoui Saifeddine Nejmaoui (born May 5, 1981) is a Tunisian boxer who won the lightweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and twice competed at the Olympic Games: 2004 and 2008. In Athens 2004 he lost his first match to Frenchman Khedafi D ...

(Tunisia) 38-13 *Lost to

(Germany) 26-40 2008 (featherweight) *Defeated

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(Australia) 13-9 *Defeated

Raynell Williams Raynell Williams (born February 4, 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American professional boxer who as an amateur, won several national championships and represented team USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Southpaw counterpuncher W ...

(United States) 9-7 *Defeated

Arturo Santos Reyes José Arturo Santos Reyes (born 28 December 1985) is a Mexican professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships at flyweight and later competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics at featherweight. Amat ...

(Mexico) 14-9 *Defeated

Shahin Imranov Shahin Imranov ( az, Şahin İmranov) (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships. Career Imranov won a silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur B ...

(Azerbaijan) Retired at the end of the 1st round with an arm injury, with Imranov leading 5-2. *Defeated by

(Ukraine) 9–1 RSC 1 (2:51)

World Championships

2005 (featherweight) *Lost to

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 ...

(Pakistan) 12-38 2007 (featherweight) *Lost to

(United States) 18-28

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