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Oleg Saitov
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Saitov in 2012
Personal information
Nationality  Russia
Born (1974-05-26) 26 May 1974 (age 50)
Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kilograms (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Welterweight
Club Trade Union Sports Club, Zhigulevsk
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Welterweight
Gold 2000 Sydney Welterweight
Bronze 2004 Athens Welterweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold 1997 Budapest Welterweight
Silver 1995 Berlin Welterweight
Bronze 1993 Tampere Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold 1998 Minsk Welterweight
Gold 2004 Pula Welterweight
Bronze 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)

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