Naim Terbunja (born 28 September 1984) is a Swedish professional boxer of
Kosovar-Albanian
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Kosovo Albanians belong to the Albanians, ethnic Albanian sub-group of Ghegs, who inhabit the ...
descent who qualified for the
2008 Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...
at middleweight.
Terbunja lost his round of 32 match against
Matvey Korobov
Matvey Georgiyevich Korobov (; born 7 January 1983) is a Russian-American professional boxer. He challenged once for the WBO middleweight title in 2014, as well as the WBC interim middleweight title in 2018 and the WBA interim middleweight ti ...
18 points to 6.
Terbunja captured the prestigious National Golden Gloves championship in Salt Lake City, winning five bouts in seven days. Capping that stretch, he defeated the top-ranked fighter in the country –
Luis Arias of Wisconsin – 3–2, in the finals of the 165-pound division.
As an amateur boxer, Terbunja represented
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...
.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
Qualifier* http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/05/10/2009-05-10_naim_terbunja_is_at_nationals.html#ixzz0dsXuM8YI
* https://fightnews.com/bounce-weights-from-las-vegas/21296
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1984 births
Living people
Olympic boxers for Sweden
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Middleweight boxers
Sportspeople from Pristina
Kosovan emigrants to Sweden
Swedish people of Kosovan descent
Swedish people of Albanian descent
Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Swedish male boxers
Djurgårdens IF boxers
21st-century Swedish sportsmen