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Almedin Fetahović

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Almedin Fetahović
Born (1964-05-19) 19 May 1964 (age 60)
NationalityBosnian
Statistics
Weight(s)Light middleweight
Welterweight
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Languedoc 71 kg

Almedin Fetahović (born 19 May 1964) is a Bosnian professional boxing coach and former amateur boxer.

He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in France. It was the first gold medal ever for Bosnia and Herzegovina at a major international multi-sport event.[1]

In the quarterfinals of the -71kg category Fetahović defeated 1995 All-Africa Games Gold medalist Mohamed Marmouri, while in the semifinals he beat 1992 European Junior Championships Bronze medalist Salvatore Munno.

In the finals he defeated 1996 Olympic silver medalist Malik Beyleroğlu. The final result was 12:8. .[2]

In 1989, he won the Yugoslav National Championship in Welterweight.[3] At the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Fetahović defeated Lawrence Murphy from Scotland and lost to Józef Gilewski from Poland.[4]

Achievements and awards

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1993

Awards

References

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  1. ^ Radenović, Vedran. "Predstavljamo: Almedin Fetahović". nezavisne.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ "MediterraneanGames1993". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Yugoslav Nationals 1989". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. ^ "World Champs1995". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 17 September 2016.