- Daouda Sow
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Medal record Men's Boxing Competitor for France Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing Lightweight Daouda Sow (born January 19, 1983 in Roubaix) is an amateur boxer from France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division.
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Boxing career
At the first Olympic qualifier the southpaw lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Klyuchko but qualified at the second tournament. At Beijing he surprisingly medaled by beating Olympic silver medalist Kim Song-Guk, José Pedraza, local Hu Qing and 2005 world champ Yordenis Ugas and made it to the final. There he was edged out by Russian 2004 Olympic Champion Aleksei Tishchenko 9:11.
Olympic games results
2008 (as a lightweight)
- Defeated Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 13-3
- Defeated José Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 13-9
- Defeated Hu Qing (China) 9-6
- Defeated Yordenis Ugás (Cuba) 15-8
- Lost to Aleksei Tishchenko
World amateur championships results
2007 (as a lightweight)
- Lost to Romal Amanov (Azerbaijan) 6-19
External links
Categories:- French boxers
- 1983 births
- Lightweight boxers
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- French people of Black African descent
- French people of Senegalese descent
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- French boxing biography stubs
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