Shahin Imranov ( az, Şahin İmranov) (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships.

Career

Imranov won a silver medal at the

2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Perm, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, ...

. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Warsaw, Poland. In the 2004 Olympics boxing tournament he was defeated in the second round of the

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division by the eventual gold medal winner, Russian Alexei Tichtchenko. He repeated his 2002 championship success at the

2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 13 to July 23. The 36th edition of this bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Medal winners ...

. At the world championships of 2007 he was upset by Indian

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. At the 2008 Olympics he retired with an elbow injury in his semifinal against

Khedafi Djelkhir Khédafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, (born 26 October 1983) is a French featherweight amateur boxer of Algerian origin. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2004 European Championships. Career Dje ...

and won Bronze, he was trailing 2–5.

References

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