Oleg Elekpaevich Saitov

Oleg Elekpajewitsch Saitow medal table

boxer
Russia Russia
Olympic games
bronze	2004	Welterweight
gold	2000	Welterweight
gold	1996	Welterweight
World championships
gold	1997	Welterweight
silver	1995	Welterweight
bronze	1993	Light welterweight
European championships
gold	2004	Welterweight
gold	1998	Welterweight
bronze	1996	Welterweight

Oleg Elekpajewitsch Saitow ( Russian Олег Элекпаевич Саитов ; born May 26, 1974 in Zhiguljowsk , Samara Oblast ) is a former Russian boxer . He was in the welterweight division , among others, Olympic champion in 1996 and 2000 and world champion in 1997 and European champion in 1998 and of 2004.

The Ring Magazine leads him in 7th place of the most successful Olympic boxers in sports history.

Boxing career

Saitow won the 1992 light welterweight gold medal at the Junior European Championships in Edinburgh and the Junior World Championships in Montreal .

In 1993 he retired at the World Championships in Tampere against Jyri Kjäll in the semifinals and won bronze in the light welterweight division. He won another bronze light welterweight medal in 1994 at the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg after he was defeated in the semifinals against Nurhan Süleymanoğlu . In the same year he won the chemistry cup and beat Dirk Dzemski in the final .

Boxing in welterweight he won at the 1995 World Championships in Berlin , including victories against Marian Simion , Ercüment Aslan and Vitalijus Karpačiauskas , as well as a defeat in the final against Juan Hernández , the silver medal. In the semifinals of the 1996 European Championships in Vejle , however, he was eliminated by Marian Simion and again secured bronze.

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he was able to prevail against Cahit Süme, Bae Ho-Jo, Kamel Chater, Daniel Santos and this time against Juan Hernández and become Olympic champion. He also won the 1997 World Championships in Budapest , where he again defeated Juan Hernández and in the final then Serhij Dsindsiruk . He won the European Championships in Minsk in 1998 with victories against Steven Küchler , Hussein Bayram , Marian Simion and Serhij Dsindsiruk.

At the European Championships in Tampere in 2000 , he was surprisingly eliminated from Mihály Kótai , but won his second Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . With victories against Francisco Calderón, Ruslan Khairov and Dorel Simion , he reached the final, where he beat Serhiy Dozenko in the fight for the gold medal . In addition, he was awarded the Val Barker Cup as the technically best boxer at the Olympic Games.

In 2004 in Pula he was again European champion with a final victory against Xavier Noël and started at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . With wins against Ait Miloud, Mohamed Hikal and Sherzod Husanov, he reached the semi-finals, where he was eliminated with 18:20 against Baqtijar Artajew and won bronze.

After his active sports career, he became a regional politician in Samara Oblast.

Oleg Elekpajewitsch Saitow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Saitow, Oleg Elekpaevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Саитов, Олег Элекпаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 26, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zhigulyovsk