Jahon Qurbonov (Russian: Dzhakhon Kurbanov; born 12 February 1986, in Leninabad, now

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) is an amateur

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from

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, who competed in the

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in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division. There he beat Mehdi Ghorbani in the semifinals and won the gold medal in a decisive final bout against Korea's Hak Sung Song 30–15. At the 2007 World Championships he beat

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but was DQd against Yerkebulan Shynaliyev. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Qurbanov beat

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of Uzbekistan and then Croatia's Marijo Šivolija before being eliminated by Shynaliyev, again via DQ for biting. He qualified for the

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, where he was knocked out by Yahia El-Mekachari in the first round.

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