Sherali Dostiev (Шерали Достиев; born January 12, 1985, in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

Region of Republican Subordination tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ , native_name_lang = , other_name = ناحیه های تابع جمهوری , settlement_type = Region , image_skyline = , ...

) is a male boxer from

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. He is competing in the Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) division, and won a bronze medal at the

2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, China, from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. Medal winners Medal table External li ...

. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was knocked out in the round of 32 by Harry Tanamor of the Philippines. Dostiev qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the

1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Guangzhou, PR China from March 18 to March 23, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Asia to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amate ...

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

PR China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. In the final he defeated Thailand's

Suban Pannon Suban Pannon ( th, สุบรรณ พันโนน; ; born May 10, 1978 in Khon Kaen) is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games. Career Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He cl ...

. In 2008 he lost 1:12 to Cuban Yampier Hernández.

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* 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Dushanbe Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Tajikistan Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Tajikistani male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Asian Games competitors for Tajikistan Light-flyweight boxers {{Tajikistan-boxing-bio-stub