Jahon Qurbonov

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Jahon Qurbonov
Personal information
Full name Джахон Курбонов
Nationality  Tajikistan
Born (1986-02-12) February 12, 1986
Leninabad, Tajik SSR, USSR
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Light Heavyweight

Jahon Qurbonov (born on 12 February 1986 in Leninabad, now Khujand), Russian: Dzhakhon Kurbanov, is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division. There he beat Mehdi Ghorbani in the semifinals and won the gold medal in a decisive final bout against Korea's Hak Sung Song 30-15.[1]

At the 2007 World Championships he beat Luis Gonzalez but was DQd against Yerkabulan Shynaliyev.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Qurbanov beat Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan and then Croatia's Marijo Šivolija before being eliminated by Shynaliyev, again via DQ for biting.

He has qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London.

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