Mehmet Tursun Chong (; ; born January 13, 1988, in

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) is a Chinese amateur boxer, who qualified for the

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in his native country at

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. He lost his opening match to Gennady Kovalev of Russia on a 15-8 decision. Qiong is an ethnic

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. He qualified for the

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at welterweight. He again lost in the first round, to another Russian boxer, Andrey Zamkovoy.

References

His profile on Official site of the London 2012 Olympic
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