Xavier Noel (born July 11, 1976, in

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) is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and participated in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

Career

At the European Championships he lost the final to Olympic gold medalist Oleg Saitov. At the Olympics he beat

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, and then lost to Ukrainian Viktor Polyakov. At the 2007 World Championships he was beaten early by Bakhyt Sarsekbayev.

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1976 births Living people Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for France French people of Guadeloupean descent French male boxers {{France-boxing-bio-stub Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing