Selçuk Eker (; born December 18, 1991 in

Gebze Gebze (,) is a district in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. It is situated 65 km (30 mi) southeast of Istanbul, on the Gulf of Izmit, the eastern arm of the Sea of Marmara. Gebze is the largest district per population size in the province as ...

Kocaeli Province Kocaeli Province ( tr, Kocaeli ili, ) is a province of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometimes called Kocaeli. The province is the successor of the Ottoman-era Sanjak o ...

, Turkey) is a

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amateur boxer Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

competing in the

flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of b ...

division. The tall athlete at is a member of

Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü The Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü, aka Kocaeli BB Kağıtspor, is a multi-sports club sponsored by the Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli in Turkey. It was founded in 1937 as "İzmit Kağıtspor", a sports club of the ...

in Izmit. He qualified for participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics after he won the silver medal at the

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held in

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

, Turkey.

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1991 births People from Gebze Living people Flyweight boxers Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor boxers Olympic boxers of Turkey Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Turkish male boxers Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Turkey Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub