Oleg Saitov

Oleg Saitov

File:Oleg Saitov 2012.jpg Saitov in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Олег Элекпаевич Саитов
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1974-05-26) 26 May 1974 Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Welterweight
Club	Trade Union Sports Club, Zhigulevsk
Medal record Men's boxing Representing Russia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Welterweight 2000 Sydney Welterweight 2004 Athens Welterweight World Amateur Championships 1997 Budapest Welterweight 1995 Berlin Welterweight 1993 Tampere Light Welterweight European Amateur Championships 1998 Minsk Welterweight 2004 Pula Welterweight 1996 Vejle Welterweight

Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov (Russian: Оле́г Элекпа́евич Саи́тов; (born 26 May 1974 in Novokuybyshevsk, Russian SFSR to a Volga Tatar father and ethnic Russian mother) is a Russian former Olympic boxer.

He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics. Saitov was the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2004, he won the title at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Saitov also won gold in his weight category at the 1997 World Amateur Championships and 1998 European Championships.

Olympic results

1996 Olympic Results

• Round of 32:Defeated Cahit Sume of Turkey - PTS (11–1)
• Round of 16:Defeated Ho-Jo Bae of South Korea -PTS (9–5)
• Quarterfinal:Defeated Kamel Chater of Tunisia - PTS (9–3)
• Semifinal:Defeated Daniel Santos of Puerto Rico - PTS (13–11)
• Final:Defeated Juan Hernandez Sierra of Cuba - PTS (14–9)

2000 Olympic Results

• Round of 16:Defeated Francisco Calderon of Colombia - PTS (15–1)
• Quarterfinal:Defeated Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan - PTS (10-10; 55–47)
• Semifinal:Defeated Dorel Simion of Romania - PTS (19–10)
• Final:Defeated Serhiy Dotsenko of Ukraine- PTS (24–16)

2004 Olympic Results

• Round of 32:Defeated Ait Hammi Miloud of Morocco - PTS (30–15)
• Round of 16:Defeated Mohamed Hikal of Egypt - PTS (18–17)
• Quarterfinal:Defeated Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan - PTS (22–14)
• Semifinal:Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan - PTS (18–20)

External links

• Boxing record for Oleg Saitov from BoxRec