Oleg Saitov
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for Russia | |||
Men’s Boxing | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Welterweight | |
Gold | 2000 Sydney | Welterweight | |
Bronze | 2004 Athens | Welterweight | |
World Amateur Championships | |||
Bronze | 1993 Tampere | Light Welterweight | |
Silver | 1995 Berlin | Welterweight | |
Gold | 1997 Budapest | Welterweight | |
European Amateur Championships | |||
Bronze | 1996 Vejle | Welterweight | |
Gold | 1998 Minsk | Welterweight | |
Gold | 2004 Pula | Welterweight |
Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov (Russian: Оле́г Элекпа́евич Саи́тов; born May 26, 1974 in Zhigulyovsk) (then the USSR) is a Russian boxer. He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately one million people south of Moscow.
He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He was the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2004 he won the title at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.
[edit] Olympic Results
1996 Olympic Results
- Round of 32:Defeated Cahit Sume of Turkey - PTS (11-1)
- Round of 16:Defeated Ho-Jo Bae of South Korea -PTS (9-5)
- Quarterfinal:Defeated Kamel Chater of Tunisia - PTS (9-3)
- Semifinal:Defeated Daniel Santos of Puerto Rico - PTS (13-11)
- Final:Defeated Juan Hernandez Sierra of Cuba - PTS (14-9)
2000 Olympic Results
- Round of 16:Defeated Francisco Calderon of Colombia - PTS (15-1)
- Quarterfinal:Defeated Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan - PTS (10-10; 55-47)
- Semifinal:Defeated Dorel Simion of Romania - PTS (19-10)
- Final:Defeated Sergey Dotshenko of Ukraine- PTS (24-16)
2004 Olympic Results
- Round of 32:Defeated Miloud Ant Hammi of Morocco - PTS (30-15)
- Round of 16:Defeated Mohamed Hikal of Egypt - PTS (18-17)
- Quarterfinal:Defeated Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan - PTS (22-14)
- Semifinal:Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan - PTS (18-20)
[edit] External links
- Profile: Oleg Saitov - from www.athens2004.com
Categories: 1974 births | Living people | Russian boxers | Olympic boxers of Russia | Olympic gold medalists for Russia | Olympic bronze medalists for Russia | Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Russian Olympic medalist stubs | European boxing biography stubs