Roberto Cammarelle
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| Full name | Roberto Cammarelle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July 30, 1980 Cinisello Balsamo, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kilograms (227 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Super Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roberto Cammarelle (born July 30, 1980) is an Italian boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 (Milan) as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[1][2] He won a silver medal in 2012 London Olympics Games, losing to Anthony Joshua, by a contested jury's decision that was unsuccessfully appealed. Cammarelle has signed up for the new AIBA professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which will launch in autumn 2013.
Biography
Roberto Cammarelle was born in Cinisello Balsamo (Milan), from Lucanian parents, his father Angelo Cammarelle is from Rionero in Vulture and his mother Giovanna Caraffa from Filiano. He is an officer in the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato).
Amateur medals
He also won a Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. The southpaw also won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang. He is 190 cm tall and weighs 103 kg.
Amateur Highlights
- Italian Heavyweight Champion 2000/2001, Italian Super Heavyweight Champion 2002-2007
- 1998 competed as a Heavyweight at the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Lost to Steffen Kretschmann (Germany) PTS (4-12)
- 2002 2nd place at the European Championships in Perm, Russia as a Superheavyweight
- Defeated Peter Yatsura (Slovakia) PTS
- Defeated Gaga Bolkvadze (Georgia) PTS
- Defeated Artyom Tsarikov (Ukraine) PTS
- Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS
- 2002 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Curragh, Ireland
- Lost to Sebastian Köber (Germany) PTS (7-16)
- 2004 2nd place at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia
- Defeated Sebastian Köber (Germany) RSC
- Defeated Csaba Kurtuzs (Hungary) RSCO
- Defeated David Price (Great Britain) PTS
- Defeated Sergey Rozhnov (Bulgaria) PTS
- Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS
- 2004 won the Military World Championships in Fort Huachcua, United States
- 2004 3rd place at the Athens Olympics.
- Defeated Gbenga Oloukun (Nigeria) PTS (29-13)
- Defeated Alexey Mazikin (Ukraine) PTS (23-21)
- Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (18-31)
- 2005 3rd place at the World Championships in Mianyang, PR China
- Defeated Ivica Bacurin (Croatia) RSCO
- Defeated Aliaksandr Apanasionak (Belarus) RSCO
- Defeated Michael Wilson (United States) RSCO-1
- Lost to Roman Romanchuk (Russia) PTS (27-34)
- 2006 competed at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Defeated Modo Sallah (Sweden) DSQ-3
- Lost to Islam Timurziev (Russia) PTS (21-36)
- 2007 won the World Championships in Chicago, USA
- Defeated Nelson Hysa (Albania) PTS (20-2)
- Defeated José Payares (Venezuela) PTS (27-4)
- Defeated Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) PTS (12-5)
- Defeated David Price (Great Britain) walk-over
- Defeated Islam Timurziev (Russia) walk-over
- Defeated Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) PTS (24-14)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Defeated Marko Tomasović (Croatia) PTS (13-1)
- Defeated Oscar Rivas (Colombia) PTS (9-5)
- Defeated David Price (Great Britain) RSC-2
- Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) RSC-4
- 2009 won the World Championships in Milan, Italy
- Defeated Roman Kapitonenko (Ukraine) PTS (10:5)
- Defeated Viktar Zuyeu (Belarus) RET (1:0)
- Defeated Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) PTS (12:6)
- Defeated Rok Urbanc (Slovenia) PTS (14:0)
- Defeated Michael Hunter (USA) PTS (8:1)
- 2012 London Olympics
- Defeated Ytalo Perea Castillo (Ecuador)
- Defeated Mohammed Arjaoui (Morocco)
- Defeated Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan)
- Lost to Anthony Joshua (Great Britain)
References
- ↑ "Cammarelle eases to gold". Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ↑ "Cammarelle crowns perfect day for Italy". Retrieved 2009-09-12.
External links
- Roberto Cammarelle at Sports-Reference.com
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Media related to Roberto Cammarelle at Wikimedia Commons
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