Shamil Sabirov

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Shamil Sabirov
Medal record
Competitor for the  Soviet Union

Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Moscow Light Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold 1979 Cologne Light Flyweight
Bronze 1981 Tampere Light Flyweight

Shamil Altaevich Sabirov (Russian: Шамиль Алтаевич Сабиров) (born April 4, 1959 in Karpinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a retired boxer.[1]

Career

He won the gold medal for the USSR in the light flyweight division (−48 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] In the final he defeated Cuba's Hipólito Ramos on points (3–2).

A light flyweight, Sabirov was one of the best amateur boxers in the world in the 1970s. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society in Krasnodar and represented it at the national level. He competed for the USSR National Team from 1978 to 1985 and became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980. Sabirov won the gold medal at the European championships in 1979. Two years later, he captured the bronze medal. During his career he won 160 fights out of 180. [2]

See also

  • List of select Jewish boxers

Olympic results

  • Defeated João Manuel Miguel (Portugal) 5–0
  • Defeated Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) 4–1
  • Defeated Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) 5–0
  • Defeated Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) 3–2

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics : with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. Sussex Academic Press. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1. Retrieved 31 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ (Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia

External links

1968 – 2008: up to 48 kg, 2012: up to 49 kg
1969 – 2013: up to 48 kg
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