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.

Career

At the European Championships he lost the final to Olympic gold medalist

Oleg Saitov Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov (russian: Оле́г Элекпа́евич Саи́тов; (born May 26, 1974 in Novokuybyshevsk, Russian SFSR to a Volga Tatar father and ethnic Russian mother) is a Russian former Olympic boxer. He won the Olympic ...

. At the Olympics he beat

Andre Berto Andre Michael Berto (born September 7, 1983) is a professional boxer who holds dual American and Haitian citizenship. He is a two-time former welterweight world champion, having held the WBC and IBF titles between 2008 and 2011, as well as the ...

, and then lost to Ukrainian

Viktor Polyakov Viktor Lvovych Polyakov (born September 29, 1981 in Perm, Russia) is a boxer from Ukraine, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the ca ...

. At the 2007 World Championships he was beaten early by

Bakhyt Sarsekbayev Bakhyt Abdirakhmanuly Sarsekbayev ( kk, Бақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев; born 29 November 1981) is a Kazakhastani amateur boxer who won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Welterweight, and won gold medal at the 200 ...

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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