Maimaitituersun Qiong
Mehmet Tursun Chong (Uighur: مەمەتتۇرسۇن چوڭ, romanized: Memet Tursun Chong; Chinese: 琼·麦麦提图尔孙; pinyin: Qióng Màimàitítúěrsūn; born January 13, 1988 in Kashgar, Xinjiang) is a Chinese amateur boxer, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in his native country at Light welterweight. He lost his opening match to Gennady Kovalev of Russia on a 15-8 decision. Qiong is an ethnic Uyghur.[1]
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Full name | Mehmet Tursun Chong (Chinese: 琼·麦麦提图尔孙) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kashgar, Xinjiang | January 13, 1988||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Light Welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Chinese Vanguard Sports Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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He has qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London at welterweight. He again lost in the first round, to another Russian boxer, Andrey Zamkovoy.[2]
References
- "BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Uighur boxer seeking Olympic glory". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- "Andrey Zamkovoy Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- His profile on Official site of the London 2012 Olympic
- China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- http://big5.olympic.cn/b5/2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5162%5B%5D
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