Justin Stewart Kane (born 21 December 1981 in

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) is a

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from Australia, who won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the

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. He represented his native country at the

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, losing in the quarterfinals to Sergey Danilchenko from

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. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated Sontaya Wongprates (Thailand) 15-13 *Lost to Sergey Danilchenko (Ukraine) RSC 4

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* 1981 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Olympic boxers for Australia Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian Institute of Sport boxers Australian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing People from Ferntree Gully, Victoria Boxers from Melbourne Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub