Louis Richard Bruno Julie (born July 11, 1978), known as Bruno Julie, is a

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bantamweight boxer who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the

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when he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the island of

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Career

In his first major tournament, at the

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, Julie reached the quarter-finals. Four years later in 2006 he reached the final by defeating Mmoloki Nogeng, losing only to Indian

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. He also finished second in the African Championships the same year. In 2007 Julie won the bronze medal at the

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, where he was beaten in the semi-final by local hero and eventual winner

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. At the 2007 World Championships he beat

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but lost to Englishman

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. Also in 2007, Julie won gold medals at the Commonwealth Championships in

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and at the

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. He won a further gold medal at the African Cup of Nations in his native country and clinched his second gold medal at the

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, four years after his first one in Mauritius. Julie qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in the second qualifier by defeating Emilian Polino, despite losing the final to Issa Samir. On August 18, 2008, Bruno Julie made history by winning his quarter-final in the 54 kg bantamweight class, therefore guaranteeing himself at least a bronze medal. In doing so Julie became the first ever Olympic medalist for

. He was narrowly defeated by

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5-7 on the semi-final bout. After winning the first-ever Olympic medal for the island of

, Bruno Julie got propositions from

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and the

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. He confirmed this after his return to Mauritius. He said that he won this medal for all Mauritians and that he heard shouting 'Bruno Bruno' every time he was on the ring at Beijing. Mauritian fans have nicknamed Julie as the Mauritian Magician and the Creol Crusher. He competed in the

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under the name of ''Louis Julie''. On October 10, 2010 he defeated the favored player of this competition, Indian

, the gold medalist of the

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, to proceed to the semi-finals assuring

a medal. Thus, Bruno Julie became the favored player of the

as he had won the silver medal in the

and defeated

. Unfortunately, he was knocked out in the semi finals, gaining only a Bronze medal.

Commonwealth results

2006 (as a bantamweight) (as Louis Richard Bruno Julie) *Defeated

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(Namibia) 26-10 *Defeated Abid Ali (Pakistan) 27-13 *Defeated Matthew Edmonds (Wales) 21-8 *Defeated Mmoloki Nogeng (Botswana) 21-10 *Lost to

(India) 12-20 2010 (as a bantamweight) (as Louis Julie) *Defeated Taiwo Agbaje (Nigeria) 9-4 *Defeated Revocatus Shomari (Tanzania) 12-1 *Defeated

(India) 7-5 *Lost to Sean McGoldrick (Wales) 1-2

Olympic results

2008 (as a bantamweight) *Defeated

Emanuel Thabiso Nketu Emanuel Thabiso Nketu (born 25 January 1980) is an amateur boxer from Lesotho who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's bantamweight division. He lost his opening bout to Bruno Julie of Mauritius 17-8 on points. Two years earlier, he h ...

(Lesotho) 17-8 *Defeated

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(Uzbekistan) 16-4 *Defeated

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(Venezuela) 13-9 *Lost to

(Cuba) 5-7 This was the first medal Mauritius had ever won in the history of the Olympics.

World amateur championship results

2007 (as bantamweight) *Defeated Francisco Castillejo (Spain) RSCO 3 *Defeated

(Uzbekistan) 34-13 *Lost to Joe Murray (England) 19-26

References

External links

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2006 Commonwealth Games Bio

2010 Commonwealth Games Bio

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Julie, Bruno 1978 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers of Mauritius Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Mauritius Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Mauritius Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Mauritius Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mauritian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing African Games gold medalists for Mauritius African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games