event weight birth_place height sport birth_date article_title
lightweight 60 kg lb on yeghegnadzor , armenian ssr 1.67 0 boxing 17 december 1975 rovshan huseynov

rovshan huseynov

rovshan huseynov -lrb- born 17 december 1975 in yeghegnadzor , armenia -rrb- was an azerbaijani amateur boxer .
in 1994 huseynov won the gold medal -lrb- 51 kg -rrb- at the world cup boxing championship , held in bangkok , thailand , having beaten vichai khadpo of thailand -lrb- 15-10 -rrb- .
he qualified for the 1996 summer olympics but was injured during a car accident and could not attend the games .
huseynov qualified for the 2004 summer olympics by ending up in second place at the 1st aiba european 2004 olympic qualifying tournament in plovdiv , bulgaria .
representing azerbaijan he lost to mario kindelán of cuba -lrb- 23-11 -rrb- in the quarterfinal .
huseynov never fully recovered from this injury and retired from boxing after the 2004 olympics .
