Alisher Rahimov (Russian: Алишер Рахимов; born October 23, 1977) is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan. He won the gold medal at the 1999 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in his home nation and competed for the bantamweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] He defeated South Korea's Cho Seok-Hwan and Algeria's Hicham Blida in the first two rounds, until he lost to Russia's Raimkul Malakhbekov in the quarterfinal match.

Alisher Rahimov
Personal information
Nationality Uzbekistan
Born (1977-10-23) October 23, 1977 (age 47)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight
Medal record
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Tashkent Bantamweight

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alisher Rahimov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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