Galib Jafarov

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.

Galib Jafarov
Personal information
Full nameGalib Musa oglu Jafarov
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1978-05-09) May 9, 1978
Aktobe, Aktobe Province
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classFeatherweight
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bangkok Featherweight
Silver medal – second place 2001 Belfast Featherweight
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Featherweight
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Featherweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Puerto Princesa Featherweight

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.

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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