Vitaly Gruşac (born 11 September 1977) is a
Moldova
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n Olympic medal
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from Grimancauti village (a well-known Moldavian boxing centre). He competed in the Welterweight division () at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
. Gruşac qualified for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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by taking second place at the
4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 27 to May 1, 2004 during the annual Chowdry Boxing Cup. Boxers finishing in the top two in each weight category earned a chance to compete at the 2004 ...
in
Baku, Azerbaijan
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Olympic 2000 results [Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boxing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Welterweight". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2012.]
*Round of 32: Saturday, September 16, 2000. Defeated
Aregawi Tsegasellase (Ethiopia) walkover
*Round of 16: Thursday, September 21, 2000. Defeated
Sherzod Husanov (Uzbekistan) 13-7
*Quarter-finals: Tuesday, September 26, 2000. Defeated
Bülent Ulusoy
Bülent Ulusoy (born January 7, 1978, in Trabzon) is a Turkish boxer best known to win the European title 2000 at welterweight.
Career
In 2000, Bulent Ulusoy won the Euro welterweight title. At the Olympics 2000 he lost the quarterfinal to Vit ...
(Turkey) 19-10
*Semi-finals: Thursday, September 28, 2000. Lost to
Sergey Dotsenko (Ukraine) 8-17
References
Sports Reference
1977 births
Living people
Moldovan male boxers
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Moldova
Olympic bronze medalists for Moldova
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Welterweight boxers
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