Kurban Günebakan

Kurban Günebakan
Statistics
Nickname(s) Kaplan (English: Tiger)
Rated at Super heavyweight
Nationality Turkish
Born (1978-09-13) September 13, 1978
Kars, Turkey
Medal record
Competitor for  Turkey
Men’s Boxing
European Amateur Championships
2006 Plovdiv Super Heavyweight
EU Amateur Championships
2005 Cagliari Super Heavyweight

Kurban Günebakan (born September 13, 1978 in Kars),[1] nicknamed Kaplan (English: Tiger),[2] is a Turkish amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[3] He competes for Bursa Emniyet, the sports club of the Police Department in Bursa.[4]

He was the bronze medal winner at the 2005 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships held in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.[5] At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, USA, he defeated Juan Oliva Aleman from Spain by 22:11, lost then to American champion Michael Hunter Jr. by 7:30 in the round of 16.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Kurban Gunebakan". Box Rec. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  2. ↑ "Bursa boksa doyacak!". Rota Bursa (in Turkish). 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  3. ↑ "36.European Championships - Plovdiv, Bulgaria - July 14-23 2006 - Semifinals". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  4. ↑ "Bursa Emniyet Spor Gücü" (in Turkish). Bursa Emniyet Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  5. ↑ "3.European Union Championships - Cagliari, Italy - June 4-11 2005 - Semifinals". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  6. ↑ "14.World Championships - Chicago, USA - October 23 - November 3, 2007". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 2014-01-08.


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