Utkirbek Haydarov

Utkirbek Khaydarov
Personal information
Full nameУткирбек Хайдаров
Nationality Uzbekistan
Born (1974-01-25) January 25, 1974 (age 50)
Andijon, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classMiddleweight, Light heavyweight
ClubDynamo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Houston Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 2001 Belfast Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Mianyang Light heavyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Middleweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seremban Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Light heavyweight

Utkirbek Haydarov (Уткирбек Хайдаров; born January 25, 1974, in Andijon) is an Uzbekistani boxer who competed in the light heavyweight (81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.

Career

The aggressive southpaw won the middleweight world title six years earlier in Houston but lost his first match at the Olympics 2000 and moved up in weight.

He qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated Turkmenistan's Shokhrat Kurbanov. At light heavyweight he also won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, People's Republic of China after having

Olympic results

2000 (as a middleweight)

2004 (as a Light heavyweight)


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