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Vastine
Alexis Vastine (17 November 1986 – 9 March 2015) was a French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight division. He also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals in a controversial decision. He died in the Villa Castelli helicopter collision during the filming of French TV reality show '' Dropped'' for the TF1 network. Career At the 2004 junior world championships, Vastine was knocked out by Britain's Amir Khan at lightweight and won bronze. At the 2007 senior world championships in Chicago, he was outpointed by Britain's Bradley Saunders at junior welter but qualified for the Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics, Vastine reached the semifinal where he faced Manuel Félix DÃaz from the Dominican Republic. With Vastine leading by two in the final round, the Dominican fighter made a comeback and won the fight. Vastine lost the match by two points after being penalised twice by the referee, having f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Light Welterweight
The light welterweight amateur boxing competition was the median weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The competition was held at the Workers Indoor Arena. Light welterweights were limited to a maximum of 64 kilograms in body mass. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout. Medalists Draw All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) See also *2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Saunders
Bradley Saunders (born 4 February 1986) is a British professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, gold at the 2009 EU Championships and bronze at the 2007 World Championships. Amateur career Saunders won the British championships in 2006 whilst representing South Durham ABC.. He qualified for the 2007 World championships held in Chicago and won a bronze medal defeating the likes of local favourite Javier Molina(24:12) and Frenchman Alexis Vastine in order to join compatriots Frankie Gavin and bantam Joe Murray on the medal podiums and, in doing so, qualifying for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. In the Olympic tournament Saunders' first round victory was followed with defeat in the second round to former victim Alexis Vastine. Following the tournament Saunders made the decision to stay amateur whilst a number of his Team GB colleagues made the move to the professional boxing ranks. In June 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Castelli Helicopter Collision
On 9 March 2015, two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collided mid-air near Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all ten people on board both aircraft. The helicopters had just departed together from the same spot and collided during the initial climb-out. They were transporting production staff and French sports stars participating in the French reality TV series ''Dropped''. Among the victims were French sailor Florence Arthaud, swimmer Camille Muffat and boxer Alexis Vastine. Background The French television channel TF1 was filming an episode of ''Dropped'', a reality TV show that takes celebrities to a hostile environment by helicopter and films their efforts to survive. The cast comprised various Olympic medallists and international sportspeople, including French athletes Alain Bernard, Philippe Candeloro, Jeannie Longo, and Sylvain Wiltord, plus Arthaud, Muffat and Vastine; Swiss athlete Anne-Flore Marxer was also taking part. Filming began in late February 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egidijus Kavaliauskas
Egidijus Kavaliauskas (born June 29, 1988) is a Lithuanian professional boxer. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, he represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal at the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships, 2011 World Championships. Biography Kavaliauskas participated in 2008 at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics, but lost his first fight to bronze-winning Frenchman Alexis Vastine. In 2009 the boxer successfully started in the world championship and was among the eight strongest. In 2011 He won a gold medal in the Lithuanian championship. In the same year, Kavaliauskas participated in the world championship, where he reached the semifinals. In the finals competition, the athlete suffered a hand injury and won a bronze medal for not finishing the fight. Selected as the best of 2011 Lithuanian boxer. Amateur career * 2004 – Cadet European Champs (Saratov, RUS) 3rd place – 52 kg. * 2005 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dropped (TV Series)
''Dropped'' was a French survival reality television series that was scheduled to air on TF1 in 2015. Based on the Swedish television series ' (''The Greatest Adventure''), the premise of the programme is to drop celebrities into a hostile environment and leave them to fend for themselves. Filming began in February 2015, but was halted in early March following a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of ten people, including three of the contestants and five of the production crew. History Produced by Adventure Line Productions (ALP), and developed from the Swedish reality show ''Det största äventyret'' (''The Great Adventure''), the format of ''Dropped'' involves blindfolding several sports personalities, then dropping them at a remote location where they must use their survival skills to find their way back to civilisation. Contestants are split into two teams, which must then compete against each other, and have 72 hours to reach a location where they can charge and use a mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilshod Mahmudov
Dilshod Mahmudov (Дильшод Махмудов; born November 30, 1982) is a retired professional Boxing, boxer from Uzbekistan who won several medals in international tournaments. Career Formally of Uzbekistan, Dilshod Mahmudov is now based at BHS boxing gym in Blacktown, where he calls home. Under the watchful eyes of Lincoln Hudson and Fidel Tukel, entered the ring and stopped Yodmongkol Singmanasak (11-5-1,7KO’s) of Thailand in the fourth round, one month later took to the ring against Thai, Sataporn Singwancha (19 – 8, 11KO’s) where he showed his total class in destroying the former WBA #14 in 38 seconds into the first round. On February 13 in Melbourne he made it 3 out of 3, defeating Fijian Opeti Tagi (13 – 5, 8KO’s) again in the first round. As an amateur Mahmudov was a silver medal winner at the world championships in Thailand in 2005. He replicated the silver medal in Moscow in 2008 when he came second at the AIBA world Cup. In the Athens Olympics in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dropped (French TV Series)
''Dropped'' was a French survival reality television series that was scheduled to air on TF1 in 2015. Based on the Swedish television series ' (''The Greatest Adventure''), the premise of the programme is to drop celebrities into a hostile environment and leave them to fend for themselves. Filming began in February 2015, but was halted in early March following a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of ten people, including three of the contestants and five of the production crew. History Produced by Adventure Line Productions (ALP), and developed from the Swedish reality show ''Det största äventyret'' (''The Great Adventure''), the format of ''Dropped'' involves blindfolding several sports personalities, then dropping them at a remote location where they must use their survival skills to find their way back to civilisation. Contestants are split into two teams, which must then compete against each other, and have 72 hours to reach a location where they can charge and use a mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic At The 2008 Summer Olympics
The Dominican Republic competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Medalists Athletics ;Men ;Women Boxing The Dominican Republic qualified six boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Nunez was the only boxer to qualify at the World Championships.World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Payano became the second to qualify for the nation, doing so at the first American qualifying tournament.1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament The remaining four boxers qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont-Audemer
Pont-Audemer () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. INSEE On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Saint-Germain-Village was merged into Pont-Audemer.Arrêté préfectoral 6 December 2017 Geography The commune is situated on the river , 13 km upstream from its outflow into the |
Villa Castelli, Argentina
Villa Castelli is a small town and seat of the General Lamadrid Department in the La Rioja Province, Argentina, Province of La Rioja, northwestern Argentina. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,697. Around west of the city of La Rioja, Argentina, La Rioja, it is at the foot of the Sierra de Famatina, and the Vichina River flows in the vicinity. In March 2015, Villa Castelli helicopter collision, a helicopter collision in the town killed 10 people, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine. References Populated places in La Rioja Province, Argentina {{LaRiojaAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taras Shelestyuk
Taras Oleksandrovych Shelestyuk (; born 30 November 1985) is a Ukrainian undefeated professional boxer. His professional record 19-0-1 with 11 knockouts. He trained by legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach from 2013 to 2015. Taras Shelestyuk won the gold medal at welterweight division (69 kg / 152 lb) at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku and became the second boxer in independent Ukraine to win the World amateur Championship. He also won a Bronze medal at Olympic Games in London 2012. Professional career In the final of 2011 World Championships, he beat Serik Sapiyev from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds with 16–10 final score (5:2, 3:2, 8:6 per round). Prior to the final, beating his opponents from Denmark, Cuba, France and Russia respectively, he qualified for 2012 Summer Olympics by reaching the quarter finals. Along with his contribution, Ukraine Boxing National Team have topped the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championship overall medal table with 4 gold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wojcicki
Patrick Wojcicki (born 14 August 1991 in Wolfsburg) is a German boxer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's welterweight, but was defeated in the first round. Amateur career In 2008, he reached the quarter-finals of the AIBA Youth World Championships in the 64 kg division. He lost to Uktamjon Rahmonov when the referee stopped the contest. He moved up to the senior division in 2009. In 2010, he competed at the European Championships in the -69 kg division, losing in the preliminary rounds to Balazs Bacskai. At the 2011 World Championships, he reached the last 16 in the same division, losing to Fred Evans. From 2009 to 2011, he was also three-time German national champion at 69 kg. He also won the in 2011, defeating Rahmonov in the final. Wojcicki qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by beating Abdülkadir Köroğlu in a qualifying tournament in Trabzon. At the 2012 Olympics, he lost 12:16 to Alexis Vastine in the first round. Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |