Mustafa Karagöllü (born April 26, 1981) is a

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from

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, who participated in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

Career

He reached fifth place at the 1999 Junior European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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, Croatia and took part in the World Championships in 2001 and 2003, where he, however, in each case before reaching the medals eliminated against Dimitar Shtilianov. At the

2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia, from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number ...

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, Croatia he won a bronze medal in the light welterweight. After victories against José Gutiérrez from Spain, Roman Kulichenko from Israel and Ionuţ Gheorghe from Romania, he only lost in the semifinals against

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of Russia. He competed at the

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, Greece, defeated in the first round the Indian

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, then lost in the second round against Ionuţ Gheorghe. Between May 2005 and November 2008 has won 14 of his 15 professional boxing match . He was only lost against

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in December 2006 in the match for the International Champion of the WBC middleweight.

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* 1981 births Living people Boxers from Ankara Olympic boxers for Turkey Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Light-welterweight boxers Turkish male boxers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub