Southpaw Omarov, as 19-year-old, grasped the gold medal at
2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships, held in Ankara, Turkey, in June 2011 by upsetting 2008 Olympic Champion
Roberto Cammarelle. Omarov was sent to the Olympics instead of world class local rival
Sergei Kuzmin. He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics at the
European Qualifying Event, held in April 2012. In London he beat American
Dominic Breazeale but ran into Azeri World Champion
Magomedrasul Majidov and lost 14:17. He won the title at the
2013 Summer Universiade. At the
2013 World Championships he beat two opponents but was again defeated by eventual champion Majidov. ==See also==