Nikoloz Izoria ( ka, ნიკოლოზ იზორია) (born August 31, 1985) is a
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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from
Georgia
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.
He participated in the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the
Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist
Fuad Aslanov.
Izoria had won the silver medal in the same division six months earlier, at the
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in
Pula
Pula, also known as Pola, is the largest city in Istria County, west Croatia, and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria, Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, wi ...
, Croatia.
At 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 ...
he beat Botswana's
Thato Batshegi 14:4 but lost to Azerbaijan's
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. ...
9:18.
External links
Yahoo! Sports
1985 births
Living people
Male boxers from Georgia (country)
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Georgia (country)
21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
People from Poti
Martial artists from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
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