Nasser Al Shami (; born June 27, 1982) is a

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, who competed in the heavyweight division (– 91 kg) at the

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and won a bronze medal.

Career

At the

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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 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships, Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from January 11 to January 18, 2004 in sports, 2004 in Puerto Princesa Coliseum, Puerto Princesa, Philippines. The tournament served as ...

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. In the final he defeated Kazakhstan's Pavel Storozhuk. 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 Jasur Matchanov by walkover.

Injury

On July 4, 2011, Al Shami participated in the

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s against the

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

Hama Hama ( ', ) 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 provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...

, 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 for 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 21st-century Syrian sportsmen {{Syria-boxing-bio-stub