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Boxing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Lightweight
The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held from 17 September to 30 September at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Competition format Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The event consisted of 28 boxers of different nationalities, who had qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 1999 and 2000. The competition began with a preliminary round on 17 September, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 30 September. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals. All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Convention And Exhibition Centre
The Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre was a convention, exhibition and entertainment complex in Darling Harbour, Sydney. The Exhibition Centre was designed by architect Philip Cox and the Convention Centre by John Andrews (architect), John Andrews. The complex opened in 1988 as part of an urban renewal and redevelopment of the Darling Harbour area during the period. The complex was eventually demolished in 2013 to make way for the International Convention Centre Sydney, International Convention Centre. History Built by CIMIC Group, Leighton Contractors, the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre (SC&EC) opened in 1988, with a new section of the centre added for the 2000 Summer Olympics. During those games, the venue played host to the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, boxing, Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, fencing, Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, judo, Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics, weightlifting, and Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics, wrestling com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jackson (lightweight Boxer)
David Lovelle Jackson (born March 29, 1976) is an American Olympic boxer. He competed in the men's Lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Jackson was born in Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the List of Unit ... and attended Garfield High School. References 1976 births Living people American male boxers Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the United States Boxers from Seattle 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almazbek Raimkulov
Almazbek Raiymkulov, better known as Kid Diamond (born February 18, 1977, in Kyrgyzstan) is a retired boxer in the Lightweight division. He was NABF Champion, and among the first professional fighters from Kyrgyzstan to become known worldwide. He turned professional after placing fourth at the Sydney Summer Olympics (2000). Raiymukulov lives and trains in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Amateur career Raiymkulov represented his country Kyrgyzstan in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games as a Lightweight fighter. His results were: *Defeated Tumentsetseg Uitumen (Mongolia) 15-4 *Defeated Jose Cruz Lasso (Colombia) 12-9 *Lost to Cristian Bejarano (Mexico) 12-14 He was fourth at the World Amateur Ranking 2000-2004. Professional career Raiymkulov turned professional in 2001. After he started his professional career he won 20 fights without any losses or draws. In June 2005 Raiymkulov had match for World Champion Title in New York, Madison Square Garden against 4 time Lightweight World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilvert Khunwane
Gilbert "Ghisto" Khunwane (born 15 June 1977 in Mmankgodi) is a male retired boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight (– 60 kg) division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristian Bejarano. He won a bronze medal in lightweight at the 1999 All-Africa Games. Khunwane won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean ... before retiring from the sport in 2005 to become a coach. He was Botswana national boxing team captain and assistant coach. He was appointed Vice President of the Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adisu Tebebu
Adisu Tebebu (born 3 December 1980) is an Ethiopian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References 1980 births Living people Ethiopian male boxers Olympic boxers for Ethiopia Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Lightweight boxers {{Ethiopia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Lungu (boxer)
Gheorghe Lungu (born July 5, 1978 in București) is a boxer from Romania. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native European country. There he was stopped in the second round of the nmen's lightweight (– 60 kg) division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristián Bejarano. Lungu won the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of .... External links * * 1978 births Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Romania Boxers from Bucharest Living people Romanian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Narh
Raymond Akwete "Ray" Narh (born 21 July 1978) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He is a former WBC–USNBC light welterweight champion. As an amateur, Narh represented Ghana at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the second round of the lightweight bracket before losing to Andreas Kotelnik. Amateur career Narh was a gold medallist in the lightweight category at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was also a member of the 2000 Ghanaian Summer Olympic team and his cousin Ben Neequaye was also a member of the team. At Sydney, Australia he beat Victor Ramos but then lost to the silver medalist and future WBA Light Welterweight Champion Andriy Kotelnik. Professional boxing career Narh's only loss was to a then undefeated Kid Diamond. NABC lightweight champion He then beat Jadschi Green to win the North American Boxing Council Lightweight Championship; the bout was held at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In March 2011, Narh beat Freddie Norwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Ramos (boxer)
Victor Ramos (born 14 April 1970) is a retired East Timorese boxer. He was one of the first athletes to represent East Timor at the Olympic Games, when he competed at the Men's lightweight Boxing event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, though he technically competed as an individual athlete because East Timor was newly independent and had not yet been formally recognized by the International Olympic Committee. He was also the flag bearer for the Independent Olympians at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Ramos was one of the ten East Timorese athletes who received training in Darwin prior to his participation in the Sydney Olympic Games. However, he lost in round 1 against Ghanaian boxer Raymond Narh and did not advance any further. Besides competing in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ramos also competed in the 1997 Southeast Asian Games, where he won a bronze medal representing Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Semillano
Larry Semillano (born 7 March 1976) is a Filipino boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Semillano also boxed for the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup .... He later worked as a boxing coach mentoring amateur boxing team of Bago. References External links * 1976 births Living people Filipino male boxers Olympic boxers for the Philippines Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Negros Occidental SEA Games medalists in boxing SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Lightweight boxers {{Philippines-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurzhan Karimzhanov
Nurzhan Karimzhanov (born 30 May 1980) is a Kazakhstani boxer, who won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in the Junior Welterweight division. Career At the Olympics 2000 he fought at lightweight and beat among others local hero Michael Katsidis but lost to Andriy Kotelnyk. At the Asian Games he won the junior welterweight title. Karimzhanov qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after .... In the final he lost to Thailand's eventual gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong. At the Olympics 2004 he beat two opponents, but lost to Boris Georgiev 18:20. References External linksYahoo 1980 births Living people Kazakhstani male boxers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Gevorgyan
Artur Samveli Gevorgyan (, born April 1, 1975) is an Armenian boxer, now based in Los Angeles, California. He is a two-time Olympian who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ... in the lightweight division. Gevorgyan also won a bronze medal at the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He later turned professional and had a record of 6-2. Since 1987 He has been involved in boxing. In 1989 He became the winner of the Junior Championships of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, completing the master of sports norms. In 1994-1996 He served in the Armenian army. In 1996, He graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Physical Culture. In 1998 his name was registered in the epic book of the Armenian Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnaldo Nunes
Agnaldo Nunes Magalhães (born 7 November 1976) is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur, he represented his native country twice in the lightweight division at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References External links * * UOL Esporte Profile 1976 births Living people Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Brazil Brazilian male boxers Sportspeople from Piracicaba 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
