Aziz Salihu
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Aziz Salihu (born May 1, 1954 in Priština, Kosovo, then in Yugoslavia) is a retired heavyweight boxer of Albanian descent, who was born in Kosovo. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division (> 91kg), after a loss in the semifinals at the hands of Tyrell Biggs of the United States. Salihu also competed at the 1980 (Moscow) and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Salihu is known and celebrated in his own country and in all amateur boxing circles for having more than fivehundred official matches and suffering only 16 losses. On club level Aziz had his best years while boxing for "Prishtina". He was part of so called "golden generaton" (along with Mehmet Bogujveci, Nazif Gashi, Afrim Makolli, Xhevdet Peci, and Afrim Majanci) and achieved eight Yugoslav championship titles including five in a row.
He also won international medals on many other championships, including first places in mediterranian games and the world cup in 1987.
In Kosovo he received the "sportsman of the century award" and now works as the coach and manager of Boxing Club "Prishtina".
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