Đỗ Tiến Tuấn

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Đỗ Tiến Tuấn
Personal information
NationalityVietnamese
Born(1967-09-03)3 September 1967
Died2020 (aged 53)[1]
Sport
SportBoxing

Đỗ Tiến Tuấn (3 September 1967 – 2020) was a Vietnamese boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] In 1999, while in prison for theft, he murdered two other prisoners and was sentenced to life imprisonment.[3] He continued fighting prisoners and was beaten to death in 2020 during one altercation.[3]

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  1. ^ Triệu, Mẫn (3 April 2020). "Số phận bi thảm của võ sĩ Boxing Việt Nam đầu tiên dự Olympic". THỂ THAO 247. Retrieved 21 June 2023. (in Vietnamese)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Đỗ Tiến Tuấn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Số phận bi thảm của võ sĩ quyền Anh Việt Nam đầu tiên dự Olympic". Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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