Vugar Mursal Alakparov is an Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

i boxer

Boxing

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He was born in Mingachevir

Mingachevir

Mingachevir , sometimes spelled Mingecevir, is the fourth-biggest city in Azerbaijan with a population of about 100,000. It is known as city of lights because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River, which splits the city in half....

. He competed in the middleweight class (-75 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 and won the bronze medal. At the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 he was eliminated in the quarter final in the heavyweight class. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Warsaw, Poland from March 30 to April 4, 2004 at the annual Feliks Stamm Boxing Tournament...

 in Warsaw, Poland.

Olympic results

2000 (Middleweight)

• Defeated Peter Kariuki Nguni (Kenya) 12-3
• Defeated Paul Miller
  Paul Miller (boxer)
  Paul James Miller is a boxer from Australia, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division...
  
   (Australia) 9-8
• Defeated Akin Kuloglu (Turkey) 18-8
• Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez
  Jorge Gutiérrez
  Jorge Gutiérrez Espinosa is a former boxer from Cuba. He won the Middleweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Gutiérrez's Olympic results were:*Defeated Somchai Chimlum 20-11...
  
   (Cuba) 9-19

2004 (Heavyweight)

• Defeated Spyridon Kladouchas (Greece) 18-14
• Lost to Naser Al Shami
  Naser Al Shami
  Nasser Al Shami is a Syrian boxer, who competed in the heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal...
  
  (Syria) DQ 4 (1:40)