Daouda Sow

Daouda Sow ( born January 19, 1983 in Roubaix ) is a French boxer. He won the silver medal in the lightweight at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Career

Amateur

Daouda Sow was born the son of West African immigrants in Roubaix. At the age of 15 he began in Hem, where his family had meanwhile moved the Boxing Club Hemois with the boxes. His coach was Abdelhakim Zehrir. Although he grew up relatively quickly, he was always very slim and could start in the low weight classes. In 1999 and 2000 he won the French junior champion at flyweight and bantamweight (up to 51 kg and 54 kg body weight).

In 2001 biw 2003 he devoted himself mainly to his professional training and went shorter with the boxes. In 2004, he was at a height of 1.75 m in the bantamweight ( up to 54 kg body weight) French vice champion when he defeated the experienced Ali Hallab in the finals by points ( 15:37 ).

Daouda Sow again in 2005 French was runner-up in the lightweight ( up to 60 kg body weight). He lost the final against Khedafi Djekhir by demolition in the 3rd round. But in the same year, he convinced two countries in fighting. In Sannois clear he defeated in a meet against Cuba Idel Torri duck on points and in Lingolsheim he suggested in an international match against Germany Arthur Schmidt (Boxer) also by points ( 25:15 ). In the same year he also started playing at 5 of the Francophonie in Niamey, Niger, featherweight (up to 57 kg body weight). He defeated there Aboubakar Seddik Lbida from Morocco by points ( 33:23 ) and Achille Apie from Cameroon by termination in the 2nd round. In the final battle he was defeated by Yassin Yasngaber from Egypt by points ( 14:22 ).

In 2006 Daouda Sow worked as an educator in a home for the reintegration difficult trainable teenager and had barely time to boxing. 2007 was remembered, however, at the French box dressing on the great talent Daouda Sow and promoted him accordingly. This meant that he with a victory over the veteran Dagnoko Boubacar became French champion in the lightweight first time in 2007. In 2007, he also launched the Chemistry Cup tournament in Halle (Saale ). He triumphed over Dimow Kaloyan from Bulgaria to points ( 23:6 ), but lost in the final battle against Arthur Schmidt and thus came 2nd.

In the championship of the European Union in 2007 in Dublin him then his first title win succeeded. He defeated the lightweight Florentin Nicolescu from Romania on points, Andrzej Liczik from Poland by demolition in the 3rd round and Domenico Valentino of Italy by termination in the 2nd round. In the final, he defeated the German Eugen Burhard and thus won this tournament. With no small expectations then he started in October 2007 at the World Championships in Chicago. He lost there but just his first fight against romal Amanow from Azerbaijan and thus not reached the last 32 boxers.

After this disappointment, Daouda Sow had still to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In the first qualifying tournament in Pescara him not yet succeeded in this, because he lost at lightweight after beating Alejandor Rodriguez from Spain and Alexandros Kirsanidis from Greece against Alexander Kljutschko from Ukraine ( 10:21 ), by which he came on the 5th place which was not sufficient to qualify.

He started then in April 2008 in Athens last qualification tournament there and managed to qualify to the tournament victory. On the way, he beat Ljubomir Marjanovis from Serbia, Arthur Schmidt and Koba Pschakadse from Georgia. Against Georgian Piopescu from Romania he won without a fight.

In June 2008, Daouda Sow launched in the French national team, in Havana in a meet against the Cuban world champion from 2005 Yordenis Ugas, where he was defeated narrowly on points.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing, he was like all the French boxer well prepared at the start. In the lightweight he defeated in his first fight the North Koreans Kim Song - Guk, who had after all won the bronze medal in Chicago convincingly on points ( 13:3 ), he defeated Jose Pedraza of Puerto Rico by points ( 13:9 ). In his third fight he met the Chinese Qing Hu. He let himself. Fanatical of the Chinese audience, of course, their compatriot, frenetically cheered, undeterred and won almost but surely with 9:6 score points In the semifinals, Daouda Sow succeeded against Yordenis Ugas, the actual favorites in lightweight, secure point victory ( 15:8 ). In the final he was then compared to the Russian European champion from 2006 Alexei Tishchenko, against whom he narrowly lost on points ( 9:11 ).

2009 Sow was again French champion before he turned professional business.

Professional

, 2009, Sow made ​​his professional debut, which he could, even his other 11 fights until the end of 2012 win. 2011 won the French Sow lightweight title.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Fl = flyweight, bantamweight = Ba, Fe = Featherweight, Le = Light weight until 51 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg and 60 kg body weight)

  • 2005, 2nd place, 5 games of the Francophonie in Niamey, Niger, Fe, behind Yassin Yasngaber, Egypt;
  • 2007, 2nd place, chemistry Cup tournament in Halle (Saale ), Le, Arthur Schmidt behind (Boxer), Germany;
  • 2007 1st place, EU Championship in Dublin, Le, before Eugen Burhard, Germany and Domenico Valentino, Italy;
  • 2007 33rd Place, WM in Chicago, Le, after a defeat against romal Amanow, Azerbaijan; Winner: Frankie Gavin, England against Domenico Valentino, Alexei Tishchenko, Russia & Kim Song - Guk, North Korea;
  • 2008 5th Place, Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Pescara, Le;
  • 2008, 1st Place, Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens, Le, before Georgian Popescu, Romania and Koba Pschakadse, Georgia;
  • 2008, Silver Medal, OS in Beijing, Le, behind Alexei Tishchenko and before Yordenis Ugas, Cuba & Hrachik Javakhjan, Armenia

Countries fighting

  • 2005 Sannois, France against Cuba, Ba, point winner over Idel Torri duck,
  • 2005 Lingolsheim, France against Germany, Le, point winner over Arthur Schmidt,
  • 2007 in Heidelberg, Germany against France, Le, point winner over Eugen Burhard,
  • 2007 in Heidelberg, Germany against France, Le, demolition winner 1st round of Arthur Schmidt,
  • 2007 in Issy -les -Moulineaux, France against Armenia, Le, point winner Ara Palusjan,
  • 2007 in Amiens, France against Cuba, Le, point defeat against Yordenis Ugas,
  • 2007 Ducas, Martinique, France to Puerto Rico, Le, point winner over Jose Pedraza,
  • 2008 in Havana, Cuba against France, Le, point defeat against Yordanis Ugas

French Championships ( seniors)

(Final results )

  • 2004, Ba, point defeat against Ali Hallab ( 15:37 )
  • 2005 Le, demolition defeat third round against Khedafi Djelkhir,
  • 2007, Le, point winner over Dangnoko Boubacar ( 38:23 )

Swell

  • Trade journal Box Sport from 2000 to 2008
  • Site " amateur boxing.strefa.pl "
  • Website " results.beijing2008.cn "

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Biographical data of Daouda Sow

  • Boxer ( France)
  • Olympian (France)
  • Born in 1983
  • Man
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