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==Career== |
==Career== |
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At the [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]], Aliev was disqualified in his bout against [[Frazer Clarke]] due to a head-butt. As soon as the decision was announced in the ring, Aliev had denounced an injustice<ref name="tellereport">[https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2021-08-01-jo-2020---boxing--mourad-aliev-mistakenly-disqualified--speaks-of-%22scandal%22---france-24.B1ZPuj6myY.html JO-2020 / Boxing: Mourad Aliev mistakenly disqualified, speaks of "scandal" - France 24], AFP/France 24, 8/1/2021, 9:21:18 AM</ref> |
At the [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]], Aliev was disqualified in his bout against [[Frazer Clarke]] due to a head-butt. As soon as the decision was announced in the ring, Aliev had denounced an injustice.<ref name="tellereport">[https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2021-08-01-jo-2020---boxing--mourad-aliev-mistakenly-disqualified--speaks-of-%22scandal%22---france-24.B1ZPuj6myY.html JO-2020 / Boxing: Mourad Aliev mistakenly disqualified, speaks of "scandal" - France 24], AFP/France 24, 8/1/2021, 9:21:18 AM</ref> Later, the supervisor certified an error in refereeing and said that there is no error on the part of Aliev, but the decision can not be modified.<ref name="tellereport"/> Aliev staged a sit-in protest for an hour,<ref> [https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/boxing-frances-aliev-disqualified-protests-with-sit-in-ringside-2021-08-01/ Olympics-Boxing-France's Aliev protests with sit-in after disqualification] Chang-ran Kim, ''Reuters'', August 1, 2021</ref><ref name="Pippa Field" /> after punching the ringside camera operator.<ref>[https://www.insider.com/french-olympic-boxer-punches-camera-sits-in-ring-after-disqualified-2021-8 A French Olympic boxer punched a TV camera and sat in the ring for an hour to protest his disqualification] ''Insider'', Sinéad Baker, August 1, 2021</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 09:54, 4 August 2021
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Born | Moscow, Russia | July 31, 1995||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Super-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Southpaw[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mourad Aliev is a French amateur boxer. Representing France in the super-heavyweight division, he won a silver medal at the 2019 European Games and secured a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics after winning a gold medal at the 2020 European Qualifying Tournament.[2][3] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aliev was disqualified from his quarterfinal bout.[4][5]
Early life and education
Born in Moscow, Russia, and of Azerbaijani descent,[6] Aliev moved to France at the age of six as a political refugee and became a naturalised French citizen at the age of 22.[3]
Career
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Aliev was disqualified in his bout against Frazer Clarke due to a head-butt. As soon as the decision was announced in the ring, Aliev had denounced an injustice.[7] Later, the supervisor certified an error in refereeing and said that there is no error on the part of Aliev, but the decision can not be modified.[7] Aliev staged a sit-in protest for an hour,[8][5] after punching the ringside camera operator.[9]
Personal life
His father, Ozer, was also an amateur boxer, representing the USSR.[10]
References
- ^ "BoxRec: Mourad Aliev". BoxRec. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Ferreira and Romeu shined on the first day at the Cologne Boxing World Cup". AIBA. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Laronche, Romain (15 June 2021). ""Ramener une médaille à Nice", le rêve du boxeur Mourad Aliev aux Jeux olympiques - Nice-Matin". Nice-Matin (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ French boxer sits in protest after being disqualified from Olympics over head butt France24, 1 August 2021
- ^ a b French boxer stages ringside protest after 'headbutt' disqualification loss against Britain’s Frazer Clarke Pippa Field, The Telegraph, 1 August 2021
- ^ Media.Az. "Представляющий Францию азербайджанец завоевал олимпийскую лицензию - ВИДЕО". media.az (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ a b JO-2020 / Boxing: Mourad Aliev mistakenly disqualified, speaks of "scandal" - France 24, AFP/France 24, 8/1/2021, 9:21:18 AM
- ^ Olympics-Boxing-France's Aliev protests with sit-in after disqualification Chang-ran Kim, Reuters, August 1, 2021
- ^ A French Olympic boxer punched a TV camera and sat in the ring for an hour to protest his disqualification Insider, Sinéad Baker, August 1, 2021
- ^ Maury, Morgan (28 March 2019). "Jeux européens: Mourad Aliev, le poids lourds français venu du froid". RMC Sport (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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- French people of Azerbaijani descent
- Russian people of Azerbaijani descent
- French male boxers
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- Southpaw boxers
- Boxers at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in boxing
- European Games gold medalists for France
- Living people
- Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 1995 births
- Russian emigrants to France
- French boxing biography stubs