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