Daouda Sow (born 19 January 1983 in

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) is an

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from France. He competed at the

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in the

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division. Sow signed with the

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professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which launched in autumn of 2013.

Boxing career

At the first Olympic qualifier the southpaw lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Klyuchko but qualified at the second tournament. At Beijing he surprisingly medaled by beating Olympic silver medalist Kim Song-Guk, José Pedraza, local Hu Qing and 2005 world champ

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and made it to the final. There he was edged out by Russian 2004 Olympic Champion Aleksei Tishchenko 9:11.

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a lightweight) *Defeated Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 13-3 *Defeated José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 13-9 *Defeated Hu Qing (China) 9-6 *Defeated

(Cuba) 15-8 *Lost to Aleksei Tishchenko

World amateur championships results

2007 (as a lightweight) *Lost to Romal Amanov (Azerbaijan) 6-19

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* * * * * 1983 births Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for France Olympic silver medalists for France French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Living people Sportspeople from Roubaix Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics French male boxers 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-boxing-bio-stub