Jahon Qurbonov

Jahon Qurbonov

Personal information
Full name	Джахон Курбонов
Nationality	Tajikistan
Born	February 12, 1986 (1986-02-12) (age 25) Khujand, Sughd
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	81 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Light Heavyweight
Medal record Asian Games Gold 2006 Doha Light Heavyweight Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Heavyweight Asian Championships Gold 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Middleweight

Jahon Qurbonov (born February 12, 1986), also transliterated from Russian as Dzhakhon Kurbanov, is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division. There he beat Mehdi Ghorbani in the semifinals and won the gold medal in a decisive final bout against Korea's Hak Sung Song 30-15.^[1]

At the 2007 World Championships he beat Luis Gonzalez but was DQd against Yerkabulan Shynaliyev.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Qurbanov beat Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan and then Croatia's Marijo Šivolija before being eliminated by Shynaliyev, again via DQ for biting.

References

• sports-reference

1. ^ Light heavyweight final bout results

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Name	Qurbonov, Jahon
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Date of birth	February 12, 1986
Place of birth	Khujand, Sughd
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