Sebastian Köber (born 28 May 1979) is a German

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, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the

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. Three years later, at the

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, he once again finished in third place.

Amateur

* German Super Heavyweight Champion 2003, German Junior Champion 1996, 1997

Heavyweight 201 lb/91 kg limit

*1997 won the European Junior Championships at Heavyweight in Birmingham (England), beating Aleksander Jacenko (Ukraine) in the final. *2000 competed at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Result was: ** Lost to Jackson Chanet (France) PTS *2000 won a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympics at Heavyweight, representing Germany. Results were: ** Defeated

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(Azerbaijan) PTS (9-4) ** Defeated Mark Simmons (Canada) RSC-3 ** Lost to

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(Cuba) PTS (8-19) *2001 competed at the World Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland at Heavyweight. Lost the quarterfinal to

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on points.

Superheavyweight

*2002 won a bronze medal at the European Championships at Superheavyweight in Perm, Russia. Results were: ** Defeated Chaba Kurtuts (Hungary) PTS (32-11) ** Lost to

Alexander Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heavyw ...

(Russia) RSC-4 *2002 won the Military Championship in Curragh (Ireland), beating

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(Italy) in the final 16-7 *2003 2nd place at the European Union Championships in Strasbourg (France), lost to

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(Sweden) by Walkover *2003 won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Results were: ** Defeated

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(Kazakhstan) PTS (20-19) ** Defeated

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(Lithuania) PTS (27-15) ** Lost to

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(Cuba) PTS (18-26) *2004 competed at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia. Result was: ** Lost to

(Italy) RSC *2004 Köber qualified for the

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by ending up in first place at the

1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from March 30 to April 4, 2004 during the annual Strandjata Boxing Tournament. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Europe to qualify for the 2004 Su ...

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. *2004 competed in the Athens Olympics. Result was: ** Lost to

(Kazakhstan) PTS (18-28) *2005 won the Military World Championships in Pretoria, South Africa. Results were: **Defeated

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(Russia) PTS (16-15) **Defeated Martin Tcho (Cameroon) PTS (27-2) **Defeated

(Lithuania) PTS (14-9) **Defeated Jack Saye Sr. (USA) PTS (12-5)

Pro

Köber turned pro in 2006, and won his first nineteen fights against unknowns before losing two decisions to extremely limited opponents, one with a losing record.

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