Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a

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who won Bantamweight bronze at the

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. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, in

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north-west

, and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău. His coach is Petru Caduc.

Career

Gojan failed to qualify for the

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after ending up in third place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. He qualified for the

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by beating

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boxer

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in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. In Beijing he made it to the semifinal by defeating Khavazhi Khatsigov (Belarus) 1-1, countback,

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(China) 13-6 and

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(India) 10-3 then he lost to Mongolian

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2:15. (

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) He won the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2012 Olympic qualifier he lost his first bout vs

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and didn't make it.

World Series of Boxing record

References

External links

Olympic qualifier

AIBA results for Olympic qualification
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