Şahin İmranov

Şahin İmranov ([ ʃɑhɪn ɪmrɑnɔv ]; born September 23, 1980 in Sumgait , Soviet Union ) is an Azerbaijani boxer , two-time vice European champion and winner of a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in the featherweight category.

Career

Şahin İmranov started boxing as a teenager. In order to be able to fully devote himself to this sport, he entered the Azerbaijani army and was stationed in Baku . Because of his successes and personality, he was soon named captain of the Azerbaijani national boxing team. The 1.70 meter tall and approx. 60 kg heavy athlete was very susceptible to injuries, so that he missed even greater successes because of it.

He first intervened in international boxing in 2002. After winning boxing tournaments in Makhachkala and Baku , he started at the European Championships this year in Perm . He finished there in featherweight behind the Russian Raimkul Malachbekow an excellent 2nd place. In 2003 he won another medal with 3rd place, which he achieved at the World Military Championships in Catania . In front of him, Domenico Valentino from Italy and Alexei Tischtschenko from Russia were just two top performers.

In 2004 Şahin İmranov qualified with a 2nd place at the Feliks Stamm tournament in Warsaw for participation in the Olympic Games in Athens . There he met in featherweight after a victory over Ludorno Galada from South Africa in the round of 16 against Alexei Tishchenko, against whom he had to be taken out of the ring in the third round due to an injury. He came in 9th place in the final bill.

At the 2005 World Cup in Mianyang / China , Şahin İmranov disappointed, because he lost his fight there in the round of 32 against Andreas Propp from Germany on points (10:15), was eliminated and together with all the losers of this round came on 17th . Space.

At the 2006 European Championships in Plovdiv he was more successful again. He won there over Khedafi Djelkhir from France , Dmytro Bulenkow from Ukraine and Alexej Schajdulin from Bulgaria , all boxers of the European top class and was only defeated in the final against Albert Selimow from Russia, making him vice European champion for the second time.

This high was followed by another small low at the 2007 World Cup in Chicago . Şahin İmranov first won over Issa Samir from Ghana and Valentīns Morozovs from Latvia , but surprisingly lost in the round of 16 against Antresh Lalit Lakra from India on points (9:15), which left him only 9th place.

In 2008 he qualified in Pescara with victories over János Mihály from Hungary , Michal Bjarnadski from Belarus and Wilhelm Gratschow from Germany and a defeat against Khedafi Djelkhir, which played no role in the Olympic qualification, for participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing . In Beijing he won over Galib Schafarow from Kazakhstan , Nikoloz Izoria from Georgia and Idel Torriente from Cuba (16:14) and thus faced Khedafi Djelkhir again in the semifinals. He had to give up after the first round because of an injury, but at least won an Olympic bronze medal .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2002	1.	"Anwar Chowdry" Cup in Baku	Bantam	with a point victory in the final over Mahmud abd el-Elaal, Egypt
2002	1.	"Umachanlw" Memorial in Makhachkala	Bantam	with a point victory in the final over Amir Gamsatow, Russia
2002	2.	EM in Perm	feather	behind Raimkul Malachbekow , Russia, in front of Viorel Simion, Romania a . Konstantin Kuptadze, Georgia
2003	3.	CISM military world championships in Catania	feather	behind Domenico Valentino , Italy a . Alexei Tishchenko , Russia, together with Yasser Sheikan, Syria
2004	2.	"Feliks-Stamm" tournament (Olympic qualification) in Warsaw	feather	behind Alexei Tishchenko, in front of Alexej Schajdulin , Bulgaria a . Marius Narkevičius, Lithuania
2004	9.	OS in Athens	feather	after demolition victory over Ludorno Galada, South Africa a . Aborted defeat (injury) against Alexei Tishchenko
2005	1.	"Anwar Chowdry" Cup in Baku	feather	with a point victory in the final over Galib Schafarow , Kazakhstan
2005	2.	"Golden Belt" tournament in Bucharest	feather	with victories over Kim Won-il, South Korea a . Miklós Ráth, Hungary a . a loss to Viorel Simion, Romania
2005	17th	World Cup in Mianyang / China	feather	after losing points to Andreas Propp , Germany
2006	1.	"Anwar Chowdry" Cup in Baku	feather	with points victory in the final over Galib Schafarow
2006	2.	"Ahmet-Comert" tournament in Istanbul	feather	with victories over Ali al-Kahaltar, United Arab Emirates , Miklós Varga , Hungary, Sailom Ardee, Thailand and others. Amer Agbaria , Israel et al. a fight. Loss (injury) to Selçuk Aydın , Turkey
2006	2.	EM in Plovdiv	feather	with victories over Khedafi Djelkhir , France , Dmytro Bulenkow, Ukraine a. Alexej Schajdulin u. a loss to Albert Selimov , Russia
2007	9.	World Cup in Chicago	feather	with victories over Issa Samir, Ghana a . Valentīns Morozovs, Latvia a . one loss to Antresh Lalit Lakra, India
2008	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Pescara	feather	with victories over János Mihály, Hungary, Michal Bjarnadski, Belarus a . Wilhelm Gratschow, Germany a. a loss to Khedafi Djelkhir
2008	bronze	OS in Beijing	feather	with victories over Galib Schafarow, Nikolos Isorija, Georgia a . Idel Torriente , Cuba a . a defeat (injury) against Khedafi Djelkhir

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
2005	Harvey	USA - Azerbaijan	feather	Points winner over Jesse Carradine
2005	Moscow	Azerbaijan - South Korea (World Cup)	feather	Points winner over Kim Won-il
2005	Moscow	Azerbaijan - Ukraine (World Cup)	feather	Demolition winner over Serwin Suleymanov
2005	Moscow	Azerbaijan - Russia (World Cup)	feather	Aborted defeat against Alexei Tishchenko
2007	Kaliningrad	Azerbaijan - Ukraine	feather	Points winner over Ihor Synnykow
2007	Kaliningrad	Azerbaijan - Uzbekistan	feather	Points winner over Sharif Aytbayev
2007	Kaliningrad	Azerbaijan - Russia	feather	Point defeat against Albert Selimow

Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, bantam weight, up to 54 kg and Feather weight up to 57 kg body weight

swell

• Amateur Boxing Results
• Box Sport magazine

Web links

• Brief portrait of Şahin İmranov