Qais Ashfaq
| Qais Ashfaq medal table |
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 England
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| European championships | ||
| silver | 2015 | Bantamweight |
| European Games | ||
| bronze | 2015 | Bantamweight |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| silver | 2014 | Bantamweight |
Qais Ashfaq (* 10. March 1993 in Leeds ) is a British boxer in the bantamweight .
Career
In 2012 Ashfaq became English champion for the first time in featherweight (up to 57 kg) and later that year also British champion. At the U22 European Championships in the same year he started after a weight class reform of the AIBA in the bantamweight (up to 56 kg), but does not get past the second round.
In 2014 Ashfaq was again English champion and started as such at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the same year. Here he reached after victories, u. a. in the semifinals over Olympian Benson Gicharu from Kenya (3-0), the final in which he lost to Michael Conlan , Ireland (3-0). With this first international medal, Ashfaq competed at the 1st European Games in Baku in 2015 and was able to win after winning a. a. over Selçuk Eker , Turkey (2: 1), and a semi-final defeat against Dzmitryj Assanau , Belarus (3: 0), a bronze medal. At the European Championships in Samokow in the same year he confirmed this success by winning the silver medal behind Michael Conlan and also qualified for the World Championships in Doha . There, however, he lost his preliminary round match against Bakhtovar Nasirov .
At the 2016 Olympic Games , he was eliminated in the preliminary round against Chatchai Butdee .
World Series of Boxing
In the 2015 season, Ashfaq fought four times for the British Lionhearts in the World Series of Boxing , and won two fights.
Other successes
- 2014; 3rd place at the chemistry cup in Halle , Germany.
- 2013; 1st place at the Tammer tournament in Tampere , Finland. Only English winner of the tournament.
- 2013; 1st place at the Golden Gong tournament in Skopje , Macedonia. He beat Stephen Tiffney from Scotland in the final.
- 2011; 1st place at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Douglas , Isle of Man.
- 2011; 1st place at the British Youth Championship in Motherwell , Scotland.
- 2011; 1st place at the English Junior Championship in Rochester , England.
- 2010; 1st place at the British Youth Championship in Cardiff , Wales.
- 2009; 1st place at the British Junior Championship in Edinburgh , Scotland.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ashfaq, Qais |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English bantamweight boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds |