Victor Schelstraete (born 14 January 1996) is a Belgian

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. He competed at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, winning the

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in the cruiserweight event. Schelstraete secured a quota place for the

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at the last qualifier event on the Boxing Road to Paris, the 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 held at the

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. At the Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals where he lost to the Spanish boxer

Enmanuel Reyes Enmanuel Reyes Pla (born 14 December 1992) is a Cuban-Spanish amateur boxer. Born in Cuba, he represents Spain internationally. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He arrived in Spain in 2017 and became a ...

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* Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Belgian male boxers Cruiserweight boxers Heavyweight boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Ostend European Games competitors for Belgium Boxers at the 2019 European Games Olympic boxers for Belgium Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 1996 births 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-boxing-bio-stub