Jaroslavas Jakšto (born 7 August 1980) is a male amateur

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from

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best known for winning super heavyweight bronze at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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. He was a 2004 Olympian and also qualified for the

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Career

Jakšto won a bronze medal in the same division at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

. He also participated in the

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. He beat there Victor Bisbal 27-16 but was defeated in the second round of the Super heavyweight (+91 kg) division by Egypt's eventual runner-up Mohamed Aly. He won the Chemiepokal Cup in Germany 2005 by beating Michel López Núñez 17:12 and the Military world championships in 2006. At the World Championships 2007 he lost to

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inside the distance. At the first Olympic qualifier he lost to

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, at the second qualifier he beat

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and Yousef Abdelghani to qualify. In Beijing he lost to David Price when he had to quit with a leg injury after the first round, he was trailing 1:3.

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