- Atagün Yalçınkaya
Atagün Yalçınkaya (born
December 14 ,1986 inAltındağ district ofAnkara ,Turkey ) is a Turkish boxer in thebantamweight (54kg) division best known to sensationally winning silver at light-flyweight at the 2004 Olympics.Amateur
He started boxing very early and won six titles in the schoolboys and cadets categories in Turkey.
He was successful as a teenager at international tournaments, in 2003 with a 1st place in Balaton Tournament in
Hungary , a 3rd place in Green Hill Cup,Pakistan and a 1st place in European Students Boxing championship,Italy .He competed at light-flyweight in the
2004 Summer Olympics inAthens ,Greece and won a silver medal for Turkey onAugust 29 ,2004 by beatingAlfonso Pinto and reigning worldchampSergey Kazakov . With his age of 17, he was the youngest medal-wining sportsman in the Turkish Olympics history
* DefeatedJolly Katongole (Uganda) 22-7
* DefeatedJeyhun Abiyev (Azerbaijan) 23-20
* DefeatedAlfonso Pinto (Italy) 33-24
* DefeatedSergey Kazakov (Russia) 26-20
* Lost toYan Bhartelemy Varela (Cuba) 16-21He went up to
flyweight (51 kg) afterwards and won the Mediterranean Games inAlmeria ,Spain at the 2005 world championships (Mianyang, China) he defeatedAndrzej Rzany (Poland) 20-13 but lost toGeorgy Balakshin (Russia) 15-36.At the European Championships 2006 he lost early to Englishman Stuart Langley.
Later he competed at bantamweight [http://www.ababoxing.com/mens%20world%20rankings%20november.html] .
Yalçınkaya, 1.65 m tall, is a member of Fenerbahçe SK [ [http://www.fenerbahce.org/kurumsal/detay.asp?ContentID=6273 Fenerbahçe Boxing squad] ] and is coached by Enver Yilmaz.
Pro
In 2008 he signed a contract with German based Ahmed Öner and will turn pro in March 2008.
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