Adem Kılıççı

Adem Kılıççı
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born April 18, 1986
Ağrı, Turkey
Height 1.85 m (6.1 ft)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Amateur boxing
Event(s) Welterweight
Club Fenerbahçe Boxing

Adem Kılıççı (pronounced [ˈɑdem ˈkɯlɯt͡ʃˈt͡ʃɯ]; born April 18, 1986 in Ağrı, Turkey) is a Turkish amateur boxer in the middleweight division. At 1.85 m (6.1 ft), he weighs 75 kg (165 lb). He is currently a member of the Fenerbahçe Boxing Club in Istanbul.[1][2]

Welterweight

Adem won a silver medal at the 2004 World University Boxing Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[3]
Kılıççı participated at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Chicago, USA and won the bronze medal at welterweight.[4]
At the Olympics 2008 he was upset in the first bout by British boxer Billy Joe Saunders 3:14 and moved up to Middleweight.

Middleweight

In 2009, Kılıççı gained the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy losing to Rachid Hamani.
He won the silver medal at the 2011 European Amaetur Championships held in Ankara, Turkey losing to Maxim Koptyakov (RUS).
At the 2012 Olympics he defeated Nursahat Pazziyev and Aleksandar Drenovak then lost 13:17 to Ryōta Murata. He won a gold medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.

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