Memorijal Hakija Turajlić is a
boxing
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tournament named in honor of
Hakija Turajlić
Hakija Turajlić (1936 – 8 January 1993) was a Bosnian politician, economist and businessman who served as the first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovin ...
, a former Bosnian politician, economist and businessman who was assassinated in 1993 during the
Bosnian War
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. The first Memorijal Hakija Turajlić was held in 1994, during the
Siege of Sarajevo
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, and since then more than 500 boxers from 30 countries have participated in the tournament.
From 1998. until 2008. it was one of strongest amateur boxing tournaments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Notable boxers
A large number of high quality amateur boxers have competed at the Memorijal Hakija Turajlić:
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Magomed Aripgadjiev
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Magomed Nurutdinov
* Damir Beljo
* Džemal Bošnjak
* Nermin Bašović
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Almedin Fetahović
* Džemal Fetahović
* Adem Fetahović
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Memnun Hadžić
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* Darko Kučuk
* Esmir Kukić
* Mirsad Majstorić
* Emil Markić
* Izet Mrkulić
* Enes Peštek
* Halid Ranica
* Adnan Redžović
* Jasmin Sejdinović
* Hamid Šemić
* Hajrudin Šerifović
* Muharem Šuvalić
* Emir Telalović
* Velibor Vidić
* Stevo Zolak
* Ismet Žerić
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Detelin Dalakliev
Detelin Dalakliev () (born 19 February 1983) is a boxer from Bulgaria. He competed in the Bantamweight (– 54 kg) division, and won the gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milano 2009.
Dalakliev won bronze medals at the ...
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Spas Genov
Spas Genov (, born 24 May 1981) is a Bulgarian boxer best known to win Silver at welterweight at the Euro 2006.
He beat Kakhaber Zhvania but lost the final to Andrey Balanov
Andrey Vladimirovich Balanov () (born April 27, 1976 in Podol ...
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Sergey Rozhnov
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Salim Salimov
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Alen Babić
Alen Babić (born 17 November 1990) is a Croatian professional boxer. He has challenged once for the World Boxing Council, WBC bridgerweight title in 2023. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, he competed at the 2017 European Amateur Boxing Champions ...
* Jetiš Bajrami
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Stjepan Božić
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Boxing
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* Marko Čalić
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Stipe Drews
* Filip Palić
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Mirko Filipović
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Marijo Šivolija
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Marko Tomasović
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Costas Philippou
Constantinos Philippou born November 29, 1979) is a retired Cypriot mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the UFC's Middleweight division.
Early life
Philippou was born in Limassol on 29 November 1979.
Career Boxing
Philippou began bo ...
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Ramadan Yasser
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Stefan Härtel
* Artur Schmidt
* Csaba Kurtucz
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Dean Byrne
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Darren O'Neill
* Veli Mumin
* Alen Beganović
* Boško Drašković
* Bojan Pešić
* Liben Salazar
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Ionut Gheorghe
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Ionut Ion
* Valeri Chechenev
* Zoran Mitrović
* Milan Piperski
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Nikola Sjekloca
* Milan Vasiljević
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Dejan Zavec
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José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares
* Eric Pambani
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Herry Saliku Biembe
* David Roethlisberger
* Stephane Roethlisberger
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Arnold Gjergjaj
References
External links
Memorijalni bokserski turnir Hakija Turajlić
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International sports competitions hosted by Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport in Sarajevo
Boxing in Bosnia and Herzegovina