Maimaitituersun Qiong
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Qiong Maimaitituersun (born January 13, 1988 in Kashgar
, Xinjiang
) is a Chinese amateur boxer, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in his native country at Light welterweight
. He lost his opening match to Gennady Kovalev
of Russia on a 15-8 decision. Qiong is an ethnic Uyghur
.
Kashgar
Kashgar or Kashi is an oasis city with approximately 350,000 residents in the western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Kashgar is the administrative centre of Kashgar Prefecture which has an area of 162,000 km² and a population of approximately...
, Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
) is a Chinese amateur boxer, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in his native country at Light welterweight
Light welterweight
-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...
. He lost his opening match to Gennady Kovalev
Gennady Kovalev
Gennady Gennadiyevich Kovalev is a boxer from Russia.-Career:Southpaw Kovalev won the silver medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships defeating Bahodirjon Sooltonov but losing to Aghasi Mammadov at bantam, and a gold medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships .He...
of Russia on a 15-8 decision. Qiong is an ethnic Uyghur
Uyghur people
The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China...
.