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Daouda Sow (boxer)

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Daouda Sow
BornJanuary 19, 1983 (1983-01-19) (age 41)
Roubaix, France
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Lightweight

Daouda Sow (born 19 January 1983 in Roubaix) is an amateur boxer from France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division.[1][2] Sow signed with the AIBA professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB),[3] which launched in autumn of 2013.

Boxing career

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At the first Olympic qualifier the southpaw lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Klyuchko but qualified at the second tournament. At Beijing he surprisingly medaled by beating Olympic silver medalist Kim Song-Guk, José Pedraza, local Hu Qing and 2005 world champ Yordenis Ugás and made it to the final. There he was edged out by Russian 2004 Olympic Champion Aleksei Tishchenko 9:11.

Olympic Games results

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2008 (as a lightweight)

World amateur championships results

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2007 (as a lightweight)

References

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  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: Daouda SOW". beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daouda Sow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "AIBA Professional Boxing (APB)". AIBA.org. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012.
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