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, he defeated Zoltán Béres of

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(10-15), ultimately sharing the gold medal with

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's Dmitry Vybornov. Three and a half months later, at the Olympics, he was outpointed 7–15 in the first round of men's light-heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by the reigning European champion,

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of Italy and ended the Games tied for 17th place with fourteen other light heavyweights.SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS: Boxing at the 2015 Atlanta Summer Games — Men's Light-Heavyweight
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Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Turkey 1973 births Living people Turkish male boxers 20th-century Turkish people {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub