Khédafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, (born 26 October 1983) is a French

featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, ...

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n origin. He qualified for the

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and won a silver medal at the 2004 European Championships.

Career

Djelkhir won a silver medal at featherweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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losing to Vitali Tajbert. He participated in the

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. There, he was defeated in the second round of the featherweight (57 kg) division again by Germany's eventual bronze medalist Vitali Tajbert. Djelkhir qualified for the 2008 Olympics by beating English boxer Stephen Smith in the semi final of a European qualifying tournament. At the

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, he reached the finals where he lost to Ukrainian southpaw

Vasyl Lomachenko Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko (also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko; , ; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed between 2013 and 2024. He has held multiple world championships in three weight class ...

Olympic Games

2004 (featherweight) *Defeated Saifeddine Nejmaoui (Tunisia) 38-13 *Lost to Vitali Tajbert (Germany) 26-40 2008 (featherweight) *Defeated Paul Fleming (Australia) 13-9 *Defeated Raynell Williams (United States) 9-7 *Defeated Arturo Santos Reyes (Mexico) 14-9 *Defeated

Shahin Imranov Shahin Imranov () (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships. Career Imranov won a silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships. ...

(Azerbaijan) Retired at the end of the 1st round with an arm injury, with Imranov leading 5-2. *Defeated by

(Ukraine) 9–1 RSC 1 (2:51)

World Championships

2005 (featherweight) *Lost to

Mehrullah Lassi Mehrullah Lassi (born November 24, 1979, Karachi, Sindh) is a Pakistani former amateur boxer best known for winning a gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games. Career Mehrullah Lassi joined the Karachi Port Trust boxing club in 1995. He won a gold ...

(Pakistan) 12-38 2007 (featherweight) *Lost to Raynell Williams (United States) 18-28

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1983 births Living people Featherweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for France Olympic silver medalists for France French sportspeople of Algerian descent Sportspeople from Besançon Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics French male boxers 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-boxing-bio-stub