Full name Yakup Kilic Rated at Featherweight Role Boxer Weight 57 kg | Nationality Turkey Name Yakup Kilic Height 1.77 m Martial art Boxing | |
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Born July 13, 1986 (age 37) ( 1986-07-13 ) Elazig, Eastern Anatolia Club Fenerbahce SK, Istanbul Olympic medals Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Featherweight Nominations Milliyet Sports Award for Athlete of the Year People also search for Shahin Imranov, Khedafi Djelkhir, Vasyl Lomachenko | ||
Yakup Kılıç (born July 13, 1986) is a Turkish boxer in the featherweight (57 kg) discipline. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club.
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Career
Kılıç participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and won bronze medal. He boxed another bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.
At the European Championships 2006 he lost his first bout against Irish Eric Donovan 29:33.
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Chicago, USA, he won a bronze medal and qualified for the 2008 Olympics. He did so by beating Arash Usmanee of Canada by a slim one point margin 20-19.
At the Olympics 2008 he lost his semifinal to Vasyl Lomachenko and won Bronze.
Olympic Games results
2008 (as a featherweight)
World Championships results
2005 (as a featherweight)
2007 (as a featherweight)
