Sedat Taşcı (born July 8, 1985) is a

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from

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, who participated in the

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for his country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Men's Featherweight (57 kg) division by

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's eventual third

Jo Seok-hwan Jo Seok-Hwan (; born October 15, 1979) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native East Asian country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Bantamweight (54 kg) division by Uz ...

. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the

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, Sweden. In the final he lost to Romania's

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References

Sedat Tasci at Sports Reference
1985 births Olympic boxers for Turkey Featherweight boxers Living people Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Turkish male boxers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub