Aziz Salihu

Name: Aziz Salihu
Hometown: Pristina, Kosovo
Birthplace: Pristina, Kosovo
Amateur Boxer: Record

Aziz Salihu (born May 1, 1954 in Priština, Kosovo, then in Yugoslavia) is a retired heavyweight boxer of Albanian descent, who was born in Kosovo. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division (> 91kg), after a loss in the semifinals at the hands of Tyrell Biggs of the United States. Salihu also competed at the 1980 (Moscow) and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Olympic results

1980

• Lost to Pyotr Zaev (Soviet Union) 0-5

1984

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Peter Hussing (West Germany) 3-2
• Lost to Tyrell Biggs (United States) 0-5

1988

• 1st round bye
• Lost to Ulli Kaden (East Germany) 0-5