Alexandr Ivanovich Maletin (; born February 6, 1975) is a

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from

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best known to win the lightweight world championships 1997.

Career

Maletin won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 57 kg) at the

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. He beat

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(Azerbaijan) 14–5, Patrick Lopez (Venezuela) RSC 3 and

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(Turkey) RSC 4. In the semifinals, he was defeated by eventual gold medalist southpaw

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from

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15–27. In 2002, he became European champion by besting

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Light Welterweight

He beat

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34:16 in 2003 but controversially lost the World championships final 2003 against French southpaw

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. Maletin also represented his native country at the

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, where he defeated Saleh Khoulef (Egypt) RSC 3 (0:10) and lost again to Willy Blain (France) 20–28.

Olympic results

2000 *Defeated

(Azerbaijan) 14-5 *Defeated Patrick Lopez (Venezuela) RSC 3 *Defeated

(Turkey) RSC 4 *Lost to

(Cuba) 15-27 2004 *Defeated Saleh Khoulef (Egypt) RSC 3 (0:10) *Lost to

(France) 20-28

References

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