Rustam Saidov (Рустам Саидов; born 6 February 1978) is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.

Rustam Saidov
Personal information
Full nameРустам Саидов
Nationality Uzbekistan
Born (1978-02-06) 6 February 1978 (age 46)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper heavyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Super heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Bangkok Super heavyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Super heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Super heavyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Tashkent Super heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seremban Super heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ulan Bator Super heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Super heavyweight

Career

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In Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the first round of the Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg) division by Cuba's southpaw Michel Lopez Nuñez (13-18). He 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 Tajikistan's Sergei Kharitonov.

In 2002 and 2006, he became Asian champ beating Olympic silver medallist Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov in the final both times.

2005 he lost to Russian southpaw Roman Romanchuk at the World Championships.

2007 he again made an early exit from the World Championships.

Olympic results

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2000

2004

References

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