Sherali Dostiev is a male boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

. He is competing in the Light Flyweight (– 48kg) division, and won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships

2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :- Medal table :...

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He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Light Flyweight

The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Results:-Notes:...

, but was knocked out in the round of 32 by Harry Tanamor

Harry Tanamor

Harry Tañamor is an amateur boxer from Zamboanga City, Philippines best known to medal repeatedly on the world stage at light flyweight.-Career:...

 of the Philippines. Dostiev qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Guangzhou, PR China from March 18 to March 23, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Asia to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa,...

 in Guangzhou

Guangzhou

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, PR China. In the final he defeated Thailand's Suban Pannon

Suban Pannon

Suban Pannon is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.-Career:Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He claimed the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.He...

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In 2008 he lost 1:12 to Cuban Yampier Hernández

Yampier Hernandez

Yampier Hernández Gonzales is a Cuban boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior flyweight.-Boxing career:...

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