Galib Jafarov

Galib Jafarov
Personal information
Full name	Galib Musa oglu Jafarov
Nationality	Kazakhstan
Born	May 9, 1978; Aktobe, Aktobe Province
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Featherweight
World Amateur Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Galib Musa oglu Jafarov (Azerbaijani: Qalib Musa oğlu Cəfərov); is a Kazakh boxer of Azerbaijani descent, best known to win the gold medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Featherweight (– 57 kg) division.

Career

In 2001 he lost the final to Turkish legend Ramaz Paliani but two years later he gained the gold medal at the World Championships. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Alexei Tichtchenko of Russia, who eventually won the competition. Jafarov 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 South Korea's Jo Seok-Hwan.

At the 2006 Asian Games he lost to Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig and won bronze.

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References

Profile on Yahoo! Sports
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Galib Dzhafarov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20.

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