Aqeel Ahmed (boxer)

{{short description|Scottish boxer}}

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Aqeel Bashir Ahmed (born 28 July 1992) is an amateur boxer from Dundee, Scotland.{{Cite news |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/aqeel-ahmed/ |title=Aqeel Ahmed |publisher=Team Scotland|access-date=2017-12-12}} He represented Scotland in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and again in Gold Coast in 2018. He is the current British Champion 2016, having defended it from the previous year.{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/motherwell-boxer-aqeel-ahmed-perfect-8181479 |title=Motherwell boxer Aqeel Ahmed has the perfect preparation for Team GB assessment |first=Michael |last=Temlett |work=The Daily Record |date=13 June 2016}}
- {{cite news |url=http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/sport/motherwell-fighter-aqeel-ahmed-s-gold-run-1-3968900 |title=Motherwell fighter Aqeel Ahmed's gold run |first=Craig |last=Goldthorp |date=7 December 2015 |work=Motherwell Times |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001813/http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/sport/motherwell-fighter-aqeel-ahmed-s-gold-run-1-3968900 |archivedate=4 November 2016 |accessdate=8 November 2023}}{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13171021._I_want_to_make_Asian_kids_think_about_boxing___says_Team_Scotland_boxer_Aqeel_Ahmed/ |title='I want to make Asian kids think about boxing,' says Team Scotland boxer Aqeel Ahmed |first=Gary |last=Keown |work=The Herald |date=21 July 2014}}

In May 2019, Ahmed was selected to compete for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.{{cite web |title=Team GB squad announcement for the European Games |url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/team-gb-squad-announcement-for-the-european-games |publisher=Team GB |accessdate=29 May 2019 |date=21 May 2019}}