Oleg Elekpaevich Saitov
Oleg Elekpajewitsch Saitow medal table |
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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 the sport
After his active sports career, he became a regional politician in Samara Oblast.
Web links
- Oleg Elekpajewitsch Saitow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oleg Saitow, olympic.org
- ↑ Oleg Saitow, Olympedia.org
- ^ Top Olympic Fighters of All Time, Ring Magazine
- ↑ Junior European Championships 1992
- ↑ Junior World Championships 1992
- ↑ World Championships 1993
- ^ Goodwill Games 1994
- ↑ Chemistry Cup 1994
- ↑ World Championships 1995
- ↑ European Championships 1996
- ↑ 1996 Olympic Games
- ↑ World Championships 1997
- ↑ European Championships 1998
- ↑ European Championships 2000
- ↑ 2000 Olympic Games
- ↑ Olympedia.org
- ↑ European Championships 2004
- ↑ 2004 Olympic Games
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Saitow, Oleg Elekpaevich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Саитов, Олег Элекпаевич (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zhigulyovsk |