Roberto Cammarelle (born 22 March 1980) is an Italian

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, best known for winning the

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in 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 (Milan) as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the

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. He won a silver medal in 2012 London Olympic Games, losing to Anthony Joshua.

Biography

Roberto Cammarelle was born in Cinisello Balsamo (

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), from Lucanian parents, his father Angelo Cammarelle is from Rionero in Vulture and his mother Giovanna Caraffa from Filiano. He is a member of the Italian State Police.

Amateur medals

He also won a Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula,

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. The southpaw also won the bronze medal at the

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. He is 190 cm tall and weighs 103 kg.

Amateur highlights

*Italian Heavyweight Champion 2000/2001, Italian Super Heavyweight Champion 2002-2007 *1998 competed as a Heavyweight at the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina **Lost to

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(Germany) PTS (4-12) *2002 2nd place at the European Championships in Perm, Russia as a Superheavyweight **Defeated Peter Yatsura (Slovakia) PTS **Defeated Gaga Bolkvadze (Georgia) PTS **Defeated Artyom Tsarikov (Ukraine) PTS **Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS *2002 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Curragh, Ireland **Lost to

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(Germany) PTS (7-16) *2004 2nd place at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia **Defeated

(Germany) RSC **Defeated Csaba Kurtuzs (Hungary) RSCO **Defeated David Price (Great Britain) PTS **Defeated Sergey Rozhnov (Bulgaria) PTS **Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS *2004 won the Military World Championships in Fort Huachcua, United States *2004 3rd place at the Athens Olympics. **Defeated Gbenga Oloukun (Nigeria) PTS (29-13) **Defeated Alexey Mazikin (Ukraine) PTS (23-21) **Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (18-31) *2005 3rd place at the World Championships in Mianyang, China **Defeated Ivica Bacurin (Croatia) RSCO **Defeated

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(Belarus) RSCO **Defeated Michael Wilson (United States) RSCO-1 **Lost to Roman Romanchuk (Russia) PTS (27-34) *2006 competed at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria **Defeated Modo Sallah (Sweden) DSQ-3 **Lost to Islam Timurziev (Russia) PTS (21-36) *2007 won the World Championships in Chicago, USA **Defeated Nelson Hysa (Albania) PTS (20-2) **Defeated José Payares (Venezuela) PTS (27-4) **Defeated

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(Bulgaria) PTS (12-5) **Defeated David Price (Great Britain) walk-over **Defeated Islam Timurziev (Russia) walk-over **Defeated

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(Ukraine) PTS (24-14) *2008 Beijing Olympics **Defeated Marko Tomasović (Croatia) PTS (13-1) **Defeated Oscar Rivas (Colombia) PTS (9-5) **Defeated David Price (Great Britain) RSC-2 **Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) RSC-4 *2009 won the World Championships in Milan, Italy **Defeated Roman Kapitonenko (Ukraine) PTS (10:5) **Defeated Viktar Zuyeu (Belarus) RET (1:0) **Defeated

(Bulgaria) PTS (12:6) **Defeated Rok Urbanc (Slovenia) PTS (14:0) **Defeated Michael Hunter (USA) PTS (8:1) *2010 competed at the European Championships in Moscow, Russia **Defeated Marcin Rekowski (Poland) 12-2 **Lost to Sergey Kuzmin (Russia) PTS (3-6) *2011 2nd place at the European Championships in Ankara, Turkey **Defeated Viktor Zuyev (Belarus) RSCH 2 **Defeated Tony Yoka (France) 22-9 **Defeated Istvan Bernath (Hungary) 18-6 **Defeated Mihai Nistor (Romania) RET 2 **Lost to Magomed Omarov (Russia) 14-20 *2011 Competed at the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan **Defeated Jose Payares (Venezuela) 17-8 **Defeated

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(Ireland) RET 3 **Lost to Anthony Joshua (Great Britain) 13-15 *2012 London Olympics **Defeated Ytalo Perea Castillo (Ecuador) **Defeated Mohammed Arjaoui (Morocco) **Defeated Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan) **Lost to Anthony Joshua (Great Britain) (UK) *2013 3rd place at the World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan **Defeated Tony Yoka (France) 3-0 **Defeated Modo Sallah (Sweden) 3-0 **Defeated Filip Hrgovic (Croatia) 3-0 **Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan) 0-3

References

External links

Roberto Cammarelle Amateur Career
(in Spanish) compiled by Pedro Cabrera Isidrón of the Cuban Olympics Committee * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cammarelle, Roberto Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy 1980 births People of Lucanian descent Living people Super-heavyweight boxers Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic silver medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Italian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Boxers of Fiamme Oro