Mehmet Tursun Chong (Uyghur: مەمەتتۇرسۇن چوڭ, romanized: Memet Tursun Chong; Chinese: 琼·麦麦提图尔孙; pinyin: Qióng Màimàitítúěrsūn; 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]
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| Full name | Mehmet Tursun Chong (Chinese: 琼·麦麦提图尔孙) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 13, 1988 Kashgar, Xinjiang | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Light Welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chinese Vanguard Sports Association | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- His profile on Official site of the London 2012 Olympic
- China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- http://big5.olympic.cn/b5/2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5162[permanent dead link]