Aziz Salihu

Aziz Salihu
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles +91 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Tampere +91 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Budapest +91 kg
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Belgrade +91 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Latakia +91 kg

Aziz Salihu (born 1 May 1953 in Pristina, Yugoslavia) is one of the best retired Super heavyweight boxer of Kosovar Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division (> 91 kg), 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.