Asif Dar

{{Short description|Canadian boxer (born 1966)}}

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| fullname = Asif Kamran Dar

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 16, 1966}}

| birth_place = Quetta, Pakistan

| residence = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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{{MedalSport | Men's boxing }}

{{MedalCountry| {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1986 Edinburgh | Lightweight}}

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Asif Kamran Dar (born April 16, 1966) is a former boxer from Pakistan, competing in the lightweight (– 60 kg) division. He was born in Quetta.

A resident of Toronto, Ontario he represented Pakistan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he was eliminated in the second round.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Pakistan at the 1984 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/countries/PAK/editions/21 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.olympedia.org}} Afterwards he competed for Canada, representing that country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea where he was also eliminated in the second round. He won the gold medal in the same weight division, two years earlier, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, beating Welshman Neil Haddock in the final. He also represented Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/PanamericanGames1987.html|title=10.Panamerican Games - Indianapolis, USA - August 8-23 1987|publisher=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl |date= |accessdate=2016-03-21}}

References

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  • {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102924/http://72.232.38.190/EN/athletes/query/details2.php?id=35529 |title=Asif Dar at the Canadian Olympic Committee |date=2007-09-29}}
  • {{SR/Olympics profile|da/asif-kamran-dar-1|Asif Kamran Dar}}