Almedin Fetahović
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| Born | 19 May 1964 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Bosnian | ||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Light middleweight Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
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Almedin Fetahović (born 19 May 1964) is a Bosnian professional boxing coach and former amateur boxer.
He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in France. It was the first gold medal ever for Bosnia and Herzegovina at a major international multi-sport event.[1]
In the quarterfinals of the -71kg category Fetahović defeated 1995 All-Africa Games Gold medalist Mohamed Marmouri, while in the semifinals he beat 1992 European Junior Championships Bronze medalist Salvatore Munno.
In the finals he defeated 1996 Olympic silver medalist Malik Beyleroğlu. The final result was 12:8. .[2]
In 1989, he won the Yugoslav National Championship in Welterweight.[3] At the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Fetahović defeated Lawrence Murphy from Scotland and lost to Józef Gilewski from Poland.[4]
Achievements and awards
[edit]- 1993
Gold Mediterranean Games – Languedoc-Roussillon, FRA – Light middleweight
Awards
References
[edit]- ^ Radenović, Vedran. "Predstavljamo: Almedin Fetahović". nezavisne.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "MediterraneanGames1993". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Yugoslav Nationals 1989". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "World Champs1995". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sarajevo
- Yugoslav male boxers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina male boxers
- Welterweight boxers
- Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina boxing trainers