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Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov (Russian: Оле́г Элекпа́евич Саи́тов; (born 26 May 1974 in Novokuybyshevsk, Russian SFSR to a Volga Tatar father and ethnic Russian mother) is a Russian former Olympic boxer.

He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics.^[1] Saitov was the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2004, he won the title at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. Saitov also won gold in his weight category at the 1997 World Amateur Championships and 1998 European Championships.

Olympic results

1996 Olympic Results

• Round of 32:Defeated Cahit Sume of Turkey - PTS (11-1)
• Round of 16:Defeated Ho-Jo Bae of South Korea -PTS (9-5)
• Quarterfinal:Defeated Kamel Chater of Tunisia - PTS (9-3)
• Semifinal:Defeated Daniel Santos of Puerto Rico - PTS (13-11)
• Final:Defeated Juan Hernandez Sierra of Cuba - PTS (14-9)

2000 Olympic Results

• Round of 16:Defeated Francisco Calderon of Colombia - PTS (15-1)
• Quarterfinal:Defeated Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan - PTS (10-10; 55-47)
• Semifinal:Defeated Dorel Simion of Romania - PTS (19-10)
• Final:Defeated Serhiy Dotsenko of Ukraine- PTS (24-16)

2004 Olympic Results

• Round of 32:Defeated Ait Hammi Miloud of Morocco - PTS (30-15)
• Round of 16:Defeated Mohamed Hikal of Egypt - PTS (18-17)
• Quarterfinal:Defeated Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan - PTS (22-14)
• Semifinal:Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan - PTS (18-20)

References

External links

• Oleg Saitov at BoxRec (registration required)
• Oleg Saitov at Olympics.com
• Oleg Saitov at Olympedia
• Boxing record for Oleg Saitov from BoxRec (registration required)