Nurzhan Karimzhanov (born 30 May 1980) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

i boxer, who won the gold medal at the

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in the Junior Welterweight division.

Career

At the Olympics 2000 he fought at lightweight and beat among others local hero

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but lost to Andriy Kotelnyk. At the

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he won the junior welterweight title. Karimzhanov qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the

1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Guangzhou, PR China from March 18 to March 23, 2004 in sports, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxing, amateur boxers from Asia to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

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. In the final he lost to Thailand's eventual gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong. At the Olympics 2004 he beat two opponents, but lost to Boris Georgiev 18:20.

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1980 births Living people Kazakhstani male boxers Light-welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Kazakhstan-boxing-bio-stub