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Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
Personal information
Full name Gaydarbek Abdulayevich Gaydarbekov
Nationality Russian
Born (1976-10-06) October 6, 1976 (age 40)
Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Middleweight
Club Dynamo, Kaspiyusk

Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov (Russian: Гайдарбек Абдулович Гайдарбеков) (born October 6, 1976 in Kaspiysk, USSR) is a Russian boxer of Avar heritage, who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight including the gold medal at the 2004 games. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Today he is perhaps best known for defeating future boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin in the 2004 Olympic finals. Despite his brilliant amateur pedigree, he never turned professional.

2000 Olympics

2004 Olympics



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