Onur Şipal (born March 17, 1989) is a Turkish

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who competed at the

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and

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. He is a southpaw and competes in the welterweight division. His brother

Önder Şipal Önder Şipal (born 1 May 1987) is a Turkish amateur boxing, amateur boxer competing in the welterweight (69 kg) division. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club. His brother Onur Şipal is also an amateur boxer. Career Şipal ...

is also an amateur boxer.

Career

Şipal became the 2005 Cadet World silver medalist at featherweight when he lost to Yordan Frometa 21:30. He beat in 2007 senior world champion

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in Turkey at 60 kg/lightweight (final of the Ahmet Comert International Tournament). At the

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, he lost to southpaw surprise winner Frankie Gavin (boxer) from England in the quarterfinal but qualified for the Olympics in

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. There he lost his debut to Jose Pedraza (boxer). He won the silver medal in lightweight division at the

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held in

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. At the

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, he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division. In 2016, prior to the

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Olympics, Onur Şipal won a gold medal in the

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Box Cup 2016 in the Netherlands. In the quarterfinals he won against Rio qualified Arajik Marutyan (Germany) by split decision. The semi-finals he saw a unanimous win over Abdul Ibrahim (England). In the final Şipal won by split decision over the Netherlands' Delano James.

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World cadets 2005

Living people Lightweight boxers 1989 births Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Turkey Fenerbahçe boxers Welterweight boxers Turkish male boxers Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub