Igor Samoilenco (born April 17, 1977 in

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

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) is a retired male

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from

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. He twice represented his native

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an country at the

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: 1996 and 2004. Samoilenco claimed a bronze medal at the

2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Perm, Russia from July 12 to July 21. The 34th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA The ''End All Be All'' ...

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. He qualified for the

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by ending up in first place at the

3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 20 to April 25, 2004. The top two in each weight category gained qualification into the 2004 Summer Olympics. Medal winners Qualified Flyweight ( ...

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References

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1977 births Living people Moldovan male boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Moldova Sportspeople from Tiraspol Flyweight boxers {{Moldova-boxing-bio-stub