Galib Jafarov
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Full name | Galib Musa oglu Jafarov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Aktobe, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | May 9, 1978||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Galib Musa oglu Jafarov (Azerbaijani: Qalib Musa oğlu Cəfərov); is a Kazakh boxer of Azerbaijani descent, best known to win the gold medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Featherweight (– 57 kg) division.
Career
[edit]In 2001 he lost the final to Turkish legend Ramaz Paliani but two years later he gained the gold medal at the World Championships. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Alexei Tichtchenko of Russia, who eventually won the competition. Jafarov qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he defeated South Korea's Jo Seok-Hwan.
At the 2006 Asian Games he lost to Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig and won bronze.
References
[edit]- Profile on Yahoo! Sports[permanent dead link]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Galib Dzhafarov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20.
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Kazakhstani people of Azerbaijani descent
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Kazakhstani male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Featherweight boxers
- People from Aktobe
- 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen
- Asian boxing biography stubs
- Kazakhstani martial arts biography stubs