Selimov Albert Shevketovich is an Azerbaijani and Russian amateur boxer, Honored Master of Sports, who won a large number of victories in the ring, including at the Russian, European and World Championships. In Azerbaijan, an athlete was awarded the Order of Glory for his merits in sports.
Biography of Albert Selimov
The future athlete was born on April 5, 1986 in the city of Kaspiysk, the Republic of Dagestan. He showed leadership qualities from early childhood. Albert has always stood out in the company.
From childhood, he was a sports boy, he was attracted to various sports, especially active ones. But he didn’t really like boxing - Albert was absolutely indifferent to him. Of the martial arts, the boy was most attracted to karate.
Everything changed when the boy's friend invited him to a boxing club with him. Since Albert was bored during the summer holidays, he agreed without thinking twice. After working out for a while, he took part in sparring, in which he won. After that, the boy decided to continue boxing.
Career start
Albert Selimov inyouthful age was constantly engaged in training, he had a lot of victories in the ring. From his youth, the guy wanted to succeed, to become the best in this direction. However, achieving the desired was not so easy. He suffered pneumonia, there was a long recovery period, which led to the risk of retirement. He even wanted to quit boxing for good, but his first coach convinced the guy. Albert began to work out even harder than before the disease, and soon he was no longer equal.
Despite the fact that training took the guy a lot of time, he did not forget about education. Albert graduated from Dagestan State University.
Amateur boxing
In 2004, Albert Selimov won the Russian boxing championship, and a year later he took second place at the same tournament. In 2006 he won the European Championship. A year later, he already became the world boxing champion. Also in 2007, he took second place at the Strandzha tournament and again took the title of Russian champion.
In 2008 he took part in the Olympic Games, unfortunately, without much success. But at the same time he won the World Cup. In 2010 he again became the champion of Europe.
Photos of Selimov Albert did not leave the pages of sports magazines, journalists from all over the Russian Federation tried to interview him.
Change of citizenship
In 2012, he was disqualified, as a result of which he could not participate in the London Olympics. Disqualification in one of the qualifying fights occurred due to the fact that he struckopponent hit below the belt. In another qualifying fight, the athlete's eyebrow was severely cut, and the fight was stopped in the second round.
Albert was very upset, so he again thought about quitting his boxing career. He tried to distract himself by any means, but apart from boxing, nothing helped him relax for a long time.
To restore peace of mind, he decided to box in an Azerbaijani club. Albert Selimov had six fights, of which he lost only one.
In 2013, Albert seriously decided to change his citizenship, as he did not feel needed in Russia. He became a citizen of Azerbaijan. Among the boxers of the republic, Albert won the European Championship and received silver at the World Championship.
The sunset of a boxer's career
This year the boxer is determined to take gold and end his boxing career. But, unfortunately, he did not succeed - he was defeated by a French boxer.
Throughout his life, Albert won a lot of victories, but he never realized his dream - he did not receive Olympic gold. In August 2018, Selimov became the head of the Boxing Federation of the Republic of Dagestan.
Interesting facts
Albert loves to dance lezginka and play football.
After the 2016 Olympics, he was so upset about his defeat that he didn't go online or answer his phone for a long time after the fight. He no longer wanted to do boxing - he has arms, legs, so he can do the garden.
He also hadIt is very difficult to make a decision to change citizenship. But Albert saw that Russia had abandoned him. But Azerbaijan was warmly welcomed. According to Albert, Russia abandoned him because his boxing career was unstable - he fell down, then took off on a pedestal.
Coach Albert Selimov thought that the boxer had very strong delusions of grandeur.
