Maimaitituersun Qiong Explained

Mehmet Tursun Chong
(Pinyin: Qióng Mài Màitítúěrsūn)
Fullname:Mehmet Tursun Chong (Chinese: 琼·麦麦提图尔孙)
Club:Chinese Vanguard Sports Association
Birth Date:13 January 1988
Birth Place:Kashgar, Xinjiang
Weight:64kg (141lb)
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Mehmet Tursun Chong (; ; 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.[1]

He qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London at welterweight. He again lost in the first round, to another Russian boxer, Andrey Zamkovoy.[2]

References

  1. Web site: BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Uighur boxer seeking Olympic glory. news.bbc.co.uk. en-GB. 2017-06-22.
  2. Web site: Andrey Zamkovoy Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/andrey-zamkovoy-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-06-22.