Daouda Sow (boxer)
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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.[1][2] Sow signed with the AIBA professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB),[3] which launched in autumn of 2013.
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 Ugás 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
References[]
- ^ "Athlete Biography: Daouda SOW". beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daouda Sow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- ^ "AIBA Professional Boxing (APB)". AIBA.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23.
External links[]
- Boxing record for Daouda Sow from BoxRec (registration required)
- Daouda Sow at the International Olympic Committee
- Daouda Sow at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Daouda Sow at Olympedia
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- 1983 births
- Lightweight boxers
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- French people of Senegalese descent
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Roubaix
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- French male boxers
- French boxing biography stubs