Yakup Kılıç (born July 13, 1986) is a Turkish boxer in the

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(57 kg) discipline. He is member of

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Fenerbahçe Boxing Club.

Career

Kılıç participated at the

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and won

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. He boxed another bronze medal at the

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. At the European Championships 2006 he lost his first bout against Irish Eric Donovan 29:33. At the

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held in

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, he won a bronze medal and qualified for the

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. He did so by beating

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by a slim one point margin 20–19.2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships
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and won Bronze.

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a featherweight) *1st round bye *Defeated

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(Japan) 12-9 *Defeated

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(Algeria) 13-6 *Lost to

(Ukraine) 1-10

World Championships results

2005 (as a featherweight) *Defeated Aboubakr Seddik Lbida (Morocco) 29-20 *Lost to

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(Kazakhstan) 25-29 2007 (as a featherweight) *Defeated Pablo Figuls (Costa Rica) RSCO 3 *Defeated

(Canada) 20-19 *Defeated Sailom Ardee (Thailand) 22-13 *Lost to

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(Russia) walk-over (placed 3rd)

References

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* 1986 births Living people Fenerbahçe boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Turkey Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Turkish male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Featherweight boxers People from Elazığ 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-Olympic-medalist-stub