Orhan Delibaş

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Medal record
Competitor for Netherlands
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Light Middleweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver	1993 Bursa	Light Middleweight

Orhan Delibaş (born January 28, 1971 in Kayseri, Turkey) is a retired Dutch boxer, who won the Light Middleweight Silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year later, he captured the silver medal once again at the 1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Bursa, Turkey.

[edit] Amateur Highlights

1991 competed as a Light Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Lost to Torsten Schmitz (Germany) points
1992 captured the Silver Medal, representing the Netherlands as a Light Middleweight at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. Result was:
- Defeated Ki-Soo Choi (South Korea) 3-0
- Defeated Chalit Boonsingkarn (Thailand) TKO 2
- Defeated Raul Marquez (United States) 16-12
- Defeated Robin Reid (Great Britain) 8-3
- Lost to Juan Carlos Lemus (Cuba) 1-6
1993 competed as a Light Middleweight at World Championships in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
- Defeated Hee-Joon Kim (South Korea) points
- Defeated Vahe Kocharian (Armenia) points
- Lost to Francisc Vastag (Romania) points
1993 2nd place as a Light Middleweight at European Champion in Bursa, Turkey. Results were:
- Defeated Mamouka Khoutouashvili (Georgia) DQ 3
- Defeated R. Sarganessian (Armenia) points
- Defeated Bert Schenk (Germany) points
- Lost to Francisc Vastag (Romania) points
1994 Light Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia
1995 Light Middleweight Champion at World Military Championships

[edit] Pro career

Delibaş began his professional career in 1995, under his nickname The Turkish Delight, and won his first 22 bouts in the middleweight division. His first loss was to contender Mamadou Thiam in a TKO in the 8th round. In 2000, he took on future titleist Roman Karmazin and lost in a TKO 3 after he failed to come out of his corner.