Oleg Saitov
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Name: Oleg Saitov
Birth Name: Олег Элекпаевич Саитов
Hometown: Novokuybyshevsk, Russia
Birthplace: Novokuybyshevsk, Russia
Amateur Boxer: Record
Two time Olympic gold medallist (1996, 2000) and one time bronze medallist (2004). Was named the winner of the Val Barker Cup as the best boxer of the 2000 Sydney games.
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 Sergey Dotsenko of Ukraine- PTS (24-16)
2004 Olympic Results
- Round of 32:Defeated Miloud Ant Hammi 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)
Saitov also won the world amateur championship at welterweight in 1997.