Afghan Biographies
Rahimi, Hamid
| Name | Rahimi, Hamid |
| Ethnic backgr. | Hazara |
| Date of birth | 1983 |
| Function/Grade | German-Afghan Athlete (Boxer) |
| History and Biodata | 3. Biodata: In February 2012, he won the World Boxing Union (WBU) Championship, by defeating his Belarusian rival in Hamburg. Subsequently, he visited Kabul and he was received by the Afghan Olympic committee, and the youth as a national hero. Later, President Hamid Karzai decorated the world boxing champion, with the Mir Masjidi Khan high government medal. Mir Masjidi was a famous Afghan hero who fought against the British during the first Anglo-Afghan War. Rahimi, 29, who has lived in Germany for the past 20 years, has been playing boxing for a decade and a half. An Afghan by origin, the pugilist has won 20 of the 21 matches he has played so far," the reports said, adding the event will took place in a giant tent in western edge of Afghan capital Kabul. Afghan-German boxer Hamid Rahimi is now (2012) preparing to make history. He'll step into the ring on October 30 for the first international boxing event in Afghanistan in 30 years. Rahimi will fight Tanzania’s Said Mbelwa for the Intercontinental Middleweight Championship being held in Kabul in the Loya Jirga Tent. It's a World Boxing Organization-sanctioned event dubbed "Fight 4 Peace." Rahimi knocked out Tanzanian boxer Said Mbelwa in the middle of the seventh round.(20121030) |
| Last Modified | 2013-05-26 |
| Established | 2012-10-30 |
Hamidullah Rahimi Hameed Rahimy was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12. Sep, 1983. In 1992, he fled the civil war and came to Hamburg, Germany with his parents and three siblings. After finishing school in Hamburg In 1998, At the age of 14 the very first thing he did was to acquire the basic skills of Thai boxing. Obsessed with his goal to become stronger and better, Hamid spent several months in 2002 in a training camp in Thailand, which is the birth place of Thai boxing. Isolated from the outside world, he learned new techniques and defeated his first opponent in the ring. The move to amateur boxing sealed the bond of the athlete with boxing for good. The fights were no longer carried out on the streets but only within the four ropes of the ring.