Mourad Aliev

Mourad Aliev (born 31 July 1995)[3] is a French amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the 2019 European Games. While representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aliev was disqualified from his quarterfinal bout.[4][5]

Mourad Aliev
Statistics
Weight(s)Super-heavyweight
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
NationalityFrench
Born (1995-07-31) July 31, 1995
Moscow, Russia
StanceSouthpaw[2]
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  France
European Games
2019 MinskSuper-heavyweight

Early life

Born in Moscow, Russia, and of Azerbaijani descent,[6] Aliev moved to France at the age of six as a political refugee and became a naturalised French citizen at the age of 22.[7]

Career

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Aliev was disqualified in his bout against Frazer Clarke due to a head-butt. As soon as the decision was announced in the ring, Aliev had denounced an injustice.[8] Later, the supervisor certified an error in refereeing and said that there is no error on the part of Aliev, but the decision can not be modified.[8][9][10][11] Aliev staged a sit-in protest for an hour,[12][5] after punching the ringside camera operator.[13] Both actual and former French National Olympic and Sports Committee presidents supported Aliev against what they consider being an injustice.[9]

Personal life

His father, Ozer, was also an amateur boxer, representing the USSR.[14]

References
  1. "BoxRec: Mourad Aliev". BoxRec. Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Ferreira and Romeu shined on the first day at the Cologne Boxing World Cup". AIBA. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Boxing ALIEV Mourad - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Retrieved 12 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. French boxer sits in protest after being disqualified from Olympics over head butt France24, 1 August 2021
  5. French boxer stages ringside protest after 'headbutt' disqualification loss against Britain’s Frazer Clarke Pippa Field, The Telegraph, 1 August 2021
  6. Media.Az. "Представляющий Францию азербайджанец завоевал олимпийскую лицензию - ВИДЕО". media.az (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. Laronche, Romain (15 June 2021). ""Ramener une médaille à Nice", le rêve du boxeur Mourad Aliev aux Jeux olympiques - Nice-Matin". Nice-Matin (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. JO-2020 / Boxing: Mourad Aliev mistakenly disqualified, speaks of "scandal" - France 24, AFP/France 24, 8/1/2021, 9:21:18 AM
  9. franceinfo: sport, France Télévision, ed. (1 August 2021). ""JO 2021 - Boxe : la délégation française va contester la disqualification litigieuse de Mourad Aliev devant le TAS"".
  10. AFP (1 August 2021). LaLibre (ed.). ""Le boxeur français Mourad Aliev, disqualifié par erreur aux JO, n'en revient pas: "C'est injuste, tout le monde a vu que j'ai gagné"'".
  11. Séphanie Trouillard (1 August 2021). France24 (ed.). ""Tokyo 2021 : les boxeurs français et l'arbitrage, une malédiction aux JO ?"".
  12. Olympics-Boxing-France's Aliev protests with sit-in after disqualification Chang-ran Kim, Reuters, August 1, 2021
  13. A French Olympic boxer punched a TV camera and sat in the ring for an hour to protest his disqualification Insider, Sinéad Baker, August 1, 2021
  14. Maury, Morgan (28 March 2019). "Jeux européens: Mourad Aliev, le poids lourds français venu du froid". RMC Sport (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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