Albert Selimov

Albert Selimov
Альберт Селимов

Selimov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Альберт Шевкетович Селимов
Nationality	Azerbaijani Russian
Born	(1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 30) Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia
Education	Dagestan State University
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Baku Fires
Coached by	Nuripasha Talibov (club) Pedro Roqe (national)
Medal record Representing  Azerbaijan World Amateur Championships 2015 Doha -60 kg European Games 2015 Baku -60 kg Representing  Russia World Amateur Championships 2007 Chicago -57 kg 2009 Milan -60 kg Boxing World Cup 2008 Moscow -60 kg European Amateur Championships 2006 Plovdiv -57 kg 2010 Moscow -60 kg

Albert Shevketovich Selimov (Russian: Альберт Шевкетович Селимов; born 5 April 1986) is an amateur lightweight boxer of Lezgin descent. Competing for Russia he won the 2007 world title, the 2008 World Cup, and two European titles, in 2006 and 2010. After failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics he moved to Azerbaijan and placed second at the 2015 World Championships and fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

At the 2006 European Championships he beat Stephen Smith in the semis and Shahin Imranov 28:10 in the final.

At the 2007 World Championships southpaw counterpuncher Selimov beat American southpaw Raynell Williams and won against Yakup Kılıç by walk-over to reach the finals. There he outlasted Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko, another southpaw. In the round one bout of the featherweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vasyl Lomachenko finally got his revenge and outclassed world amateur champion 14–7 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold.

2008

2007 (featherweight)

2009 (lightweight)

2011 (lightweight)

2015 (lightweight)

2008 (lightweight)

2006 (featherweight)

2015 (lightweight)