Kurban Günebakan (born September 13, 1978 in
Kars
Kars (; ku, Qers; ) is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. Its population is 73,836 in 2011. Kars was in the ancient region known as ''Chorzene'', (in Greek Χορζηνή) in classical historiography ( Strabo), part of ...
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nicknamed ''Kaplan'' ( en, Tiger),
is a Turkish amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division at the
2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 13 to July 23. The 36th edition of this bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
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held in
Plovdiv
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Bulgaria
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He competes for Bursa Emniyet, the sports club of the Police Department in
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
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He was the bronze medal winner at the
2005 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2005 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy from June 4 to June 11. The 3rd edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total n ...
held in
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
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Sardinia
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Italy
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At the
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history.
The competition is under the super ...
in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, USA, he defeated
Juan Oliva Aleman from
Spain
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by 22:11, lost then to American champion
Michael Hunter Jr.
by 7:30 in the round of 16.
References
1978 births
Sportspeople from Kars
Living people
Super-heavyweight boxers
Turkish male boxers
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