Rustamhodza "Rustam" Rahimov (born February 16, 1975, in

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) is a German former

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i origin. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight semi-finals at the

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, where he was defeated by Cuba's Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano.

Medals

* At the

, Rahimov won the

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medal in the

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boxing event. He was 29. * At the 2005 World Boxing Championships, he beat American

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at bantamweight and won the silver medal.

Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated

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(Colombia) 25-15 *Defeated Paulus Ambunda (Namibia) 28-15 *Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (Cuba) 11-20

References

In the olympics

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