Alexander Maletin

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Russia Russia
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze Sydney 2000 Lightweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold Budapest 1997 Lightweight
Bronze Belfast 2001 Lightweight
Silver 2003 Bangkok Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold 2000 Tampere Lightweight
Gold 2002 Lightweight
Gold 2004 Pula Light Welterweight

Alexandr Ivanovich Maletin (Russian: Александр Иванович Малетин; born February 6, 1975) is a boxer from Russia best known to win the lightweight world championships 1997.

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[edit] Career

Maletin won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 57 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He beat Makhach Nuridinov (Azerbaijan) 14-5, Patrick Lopez (Venezulea) RSC 3 and Selim Palyani (Turkey) RSC 4. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual gold medalist southpaw Mario Kindelán from Cuba 15-27. 2002 he became European champion by besting Boris Georgiev.

[edit] Light Welterweight

He beat Manus Boonjumnong 34:16 in 2003 but controversially lost the World championships final 2003 against French southpaw Willy Blain. Maletin also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece where he defeated Saleh Khoulef (Egypt) RSC 3 (0:10) and lost again to Willy Blain (France) 20-28.

[edit] Olympic Results

2000

  • Defeated Makhach Nuridinov (Azerbaijan) 14-5
  • Defeated Patrick Lopez (Venezulea) RSC 3
  • Defeated Selim Palyani (Turkey) RSC 4
  • Lost to Mario Kindelán (Cuba) 15-27

2004

  • Defeated Saleh Khoulef (Egypt) RSC 3 (0:10)
  • Lost to Willy Blain (France) 20-28

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