Jyri Göran Kjäll (born 13 January 1969) is a

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former

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who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. A year later he captured the silver medal at the

1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 7 to 16. The seventh edition of this competition, held nearly a year after the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Assoc ...

in Tampere, Finland. Kjäll turned pro in 1994, moved to Florida, and had limited success. Although he retired in 2002 with a career record with 23-1-0 with 18 KO's and fought frequently in the US, his career never built up momentum for a title shot. His lone defeat was a 1st-round TKO to future contender Juan Carlos Candelo.

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Profile on Scandinavian Boxing

1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in boxing Finnish male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Finland-boxing-bio-stub