Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a

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who won Bantamweight bronze at the

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. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni (north of

) and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău. His coach is Petru Caduc.

Career

Gojan failed to qualify for the

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after ending up in third place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. He qualified for the

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by beating

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boxer Rustamhodza Rahimov in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. In Beijing he made it to the semifinal by defeating

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(Belarus) 1-1, countback, Gu Yu (China) 13-6 and

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(India) 10-3 then he lost to Mongolian

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2:15. (

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) He won the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2012 Olympic qualifier he lost his first bout vs

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and didn't make it.

World Series of Boxing record

References

External links

Olympic qualifier

AIBA results for Olympic qualification

Veaceslav Gojan
* Moldovan male boxers 1983 births Bantamweight boxers Living people Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Moldova Olympic bronze medalists for Moldova Olympic medalists in boxing People from Briceni District Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Moldova Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova) {{Moldova-boxing-bio-stub