Abel Aferalign
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Abel Aferalign is an Ethiopia
n bantamweight
boxer. Competing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens, Greece, Aferalign lost to Bulgaria
n Detelin Dalakliev
in the round of 32.
Aferalign qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final he was defeated by Morocco's Hamid Ait Bighrade
.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n bantamweight
Bantamweight
Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...
boxer. Competing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Bantamweight
The Bantamweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the third-lightest class. Bantamweights were limited to those boxers weighing more than 54 kilograms.-Participants:...
in Athens, Greece, Aferalign lost to Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n Detelin Dalakliev
Detelin Dalakliev
Detelin Dalakliev is a boxer from Bulgaria. He is competing in the Bantamweight division, and won the gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milano 2009....
in the round of 32.
Aferalign qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Gaborone, Botswana from March 15 to March 22, 2004. It was the second and last chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria...
in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final he was defeated by Morocco's Hamid Ait Bighrade
Hamid Ait Bighrade
Hamid Ait Bighrade is a Morrocan boxer who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Ait Bighade qualified himself for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics by taking the gold medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana defeating Ethiopia's Abel...
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