- Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle (born July 30, 1980 in
Milan ) is an Italianboxer , best known for winning the2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at super heavyweight and agold medal at the2008 Beijing Olympic Games [cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/2008/0824/cammarelle.html|title=Cammarelle eases to gold|accessdate=2008-08-24] . His parents are lucanian, his father Angelo is fromRionero in Vulture and his mother Giovanna fromFiliano , they emigrated inCinisello Balsamo (Milan )Amateur medals
He also won a Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships inPula, Croatia . The southpaw also won the bronze medal at the2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships inMianyang , People's Republic of China where he easily beat American Mike Wilson.Amateur Highlights
*Italian Heavyweight Champion 2000/2001, Italian Super Heavyweight Champion 2002-2005
*1998 competed as a Heavyweight at the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Result was:
**Lost toSteffen Kretschmann (Germany) PTS (4-12)
*2002 2nd place at the European Championships in Perm, Russia as a Superheavyweight. Results were:
**DefeatedPeter Yatsura (Slovakia) PTS
**DefeatedGaga Bolkvadze (Georgia) PTS
**DefeatedArtyom Tsarikov (Ukraine) PTS
**Lost toAlexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS
*2002 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Curragh, Ireland. Lost toSebastian Köber (Germany) PTS (7-16)
*2004 2nd place at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia. Results were:
**DefeatedSebastian Köber (Germany) RSC
**DefeatedCsaba Kurtuzs (Hungary) RSCO
**Defeated David Price (Great Britain) PTS
**DefeatedSergey Rozhnov (Bulgaria) PTS
**Lost toAlexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS
*2004 won the Military World Championships in Fort Huachcua, United States.
*2004 3rd place at the Athens Olympics. Results were:
**DefeatedGbenga Oloukun (Nigeria) PTS (29-13)
**DefeatedAlexey Mazikin (Ukraine) PTS (23-21)
**Lost toAlexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (18-31)
*2005 3rd place at the World Championships in Mianyang, China. Results were:
**DefeatedIvica Bacurin (Croatia) RSCO
**DefeatedAlexander Apanasenok (Belarus) RSCO
**Defeated Michael Wilson (United States) RSCO-1
**Lost toAlberto Gutierrez (Mexico) PTS (27-34)
*2006 competed at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Results were:
**DefeatedModo Sallah (Sweden) DSQ-3
**Lost toIslam Timurziev (Russia) PTS (21-36)
*2007 won the World Championships in Chicago, USA. Results were:
**DefeatedNelson Hysa (Albania) PTS (20-2)
**DefeatedJosé Payares (Venezuela) PTS (27-4)
**DefeatedKubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) PTS (12-5)
**Defeated David Price (Great Britain) Walkover
**DefeatedIslam Timurziev (Russia) Walkover
**DefeatedVyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) PTS (24-14)*2008 Beijing Olympics
**DefeatedMarko Tomasović (boxer) (Croatia) PTS (13-1)
**DefeatedOscar Rivas (Colombia) PTS (9-5)
**DefeatedDavid Price (Great Britain) RSC-2
**DefeatedZhang Zhilei (China) RSC-4Notes
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