Atagün Yalçınkaya (born December 14, 1986) is a Turkish

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in the

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(54 kg) division best known for winning the silver medal in the

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category at the 2004 Olympics.

Amateur

Yalçınkaya started boxing from a young age and won six titles in the schoolboy and cadet categories in Turkey. He was successful as a teenager at international tournaments with a 2003 1st place win in the Balaton Tournament in

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, a 3rd place in Green Hill Cup,

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and a 1st place in European Students Boxing championship,

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. Yalçınkaya qualified for the

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by ending up in second place at the

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. He competed at light-flyweight in

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and won a silver medal for Turkey on August 29, 2004, by beating

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and reigning worldchamp

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. At age 17, he was the youngest medal-winning sportsman in Turkish Olympics history. * Defeated

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(Uganda) 22-7 * Defeated

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(Azerbaijan) 23-20 * Defeated

(Italy) 33-24 * Defeated

(Russia) 26-20 * Lost to Yan Bartelemí Varela (Cuba) 16-21 He went up to

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(51 kg) afterwards and won the Mediterranean Games in Almeria,

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at the 2005 world championships (Mianyang, China) he defeated

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(Poland) 20-13 but lost to

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(Russia) 15-36. At the European Championships 2006 he lost early to Englishman Stuart Langley. Later he competed at bantamweigh

Yalçınkaya, 1.65 m tall, is a member of Fenerbahçe Boxing, Fenerbahçe SKFenerbahçe Boxing squad
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Pro

In 2008 he signed a contract with German-based Ahmed Öner and turned pro in March 2008.

References

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* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Ankara Fenerbahçe boxers Olympic boxers for Turkey Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in boxing Bantamweight boxers Light-flyweight boxers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Turkish male boxers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-Olympic-medalist-stub