Aziz Salihu

Aziz Salihu ( born May 1, 1954 in Banullë in Pristina, Yugoslavia ) is a former boxer. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight class. Salihu also participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and 1988 in Seoul, where he made ​​it to the quarter-finals respectively.

Career

Salihu began his career at the age of 15 years. He is still for many Kosovars " Sportsman of the Century ". Salihu won eight Yugoslav championship titles, five of them in a row.

His first international assignment had Salihu 1976 when comparing the fight against a Cuban selection, in which he won once against Luis Valier and once lost.

At the European Championships in 1979 Salihu already retired in the second round against Ferenc Somodi, Hungary (5-0 ), but was in fact the first time to participate in the Olympic Games, though he was eliminated in the first fight against deb later silver medalist Piotr Sajew here. At the European Championships in 1981 Salihu won the bronze medal. In the same year he also won the Balkan Championships, a title he also won in 1982, 1983 and 1987.

1983 different Salihu at the European Championships in the quarter- finals against the eventual silver medalist Ulli Kaden, East Germany (5-0 ) retired. The following year he competed at the Olympics and won after a quarterfinal victory over Peter Hussing, Germany (3:2), and a semi-final defeat to eventual Olympic gold medalist Tyrell Biggs, United States ( 5-0 ), the bronze medal.

At the European Championships in 1985, Salihu won again the bronze medal, which he semi-final against Ferenc Somodi, Hungary (5-0 ) lost. The following year he also took part in the World Championships and was able to beat in the second round Somodi this time (4:1 ), but had to retire against the eventual silver medalist Alex Garcia, USA (RSC 2 ), from.

1987 different Salihu at the European Championships back early, then won but in the same year, the Mediterranean Games. The following year he took for the third time in the Olympic Games in part, but lost in the second round against Ulli Kaden, DDR (5:0).

His last international championships contested Salihu at the European Championships in 1989 but retired again, as in previous years, from an early stage. His opponent in the quarterfinals this time was Swilen Rusinow, Bulgaria ( 5:0 ).

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  • Http://www.albanianboxing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54
  • Http://www.oks.org.rs/m035.htm
  • Http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=AZIZSAL01
  • Olympian (Yugoslavia)
  • Boxer ( Yugoslavia)
  • Born in 1954
  • Man
  • Kosovar
1988 Summer Olympics 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1983 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1985 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships Alex García (boxer) 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships
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