Nasser Al Shami ( ar, ناصر الشامي; born June 27, 1982) is a Syrian boxer, who competed in the heavyweight division (– 91 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. Nasser Al-Shami was allegedly injured on 4 July 2011 by Syrian security forces while protesting against the Syrian government of Bashar Al-Assad.

Career

At the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

he was defeated by Shoukat Ali and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the

2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships The 22nd edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from January 11 to January 18, 2004 in Puerto Princesa Coliseum, Puerto Princesa, Philippines. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

Puerto Princesa Puerto Princesa, officially the City of Puerto Princesa ( Cuyonon: ''Siyudad i'ang Puerto Princesa''; fil, Lungsod ng Puerto Princesa), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 censu ...

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. In the final he defeated Kazakhstan's

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. Olympics 2004: * Defeated

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(Nigeria) 30-17 * Defeated Vugar Alakparov (Azerbaijan) DQ 4 (1:40) * Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte (Cuba) RSC 3 (1:29) At the 2006 Asian Games he lost to Uzbek

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by walkover.

Injury

On July 4, 2011, Al Shami participated in the 2011 Syrian uprisings against the

Syrian Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indig ...

government, where he joined the mass protests in the city of

Hama Hama ( ar, حَمَاة ', ; syr, ܚܡܬ, ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit=fortress; Biblical Hebrew: ''Ḥamāṯ'') is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provinci ...

, Syria. On that day, he was allegedly injured by government security forces.

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* * 1982 births Living people Syrian male boxers Olympic boxers of Syria Olympic bronze medalists for Syria Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Syria Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Heavyweight boxers {{Syria-boxing-bio-stub