Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnist ...

n amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni (north of

) and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău. His coach is Petru Caduc.

Career

Gojan failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after ending up in third place at the

4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 27 to May 1, 2004 during the annual Chowdry Boxing Cup. Boxers finishing in the top two in each weight category earned a chance to compete at the 2004 ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by beating German boxer

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in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. In Beijing he made it to the semifinal by defeating Khavazhi Khatsigov (Belarus) 1-1, countback, Gu Yu (China) 13-6 and Akhil Kumar (India) 10-3 then he lost to Mongolian Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan 2:15. ( Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight) He won the

2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships was held in Ankara, Turkey from June 17 to June 24, 2011. It was the 39th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the EUBC. Schedule ...

. At the 2012 Olympic qualifier he lost his first bout vs Pavlo Ishchenko and didn't make it.

World Series of Boxing record

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Olympic qualifier

AIBA results for Olympic qualification

Veaceslav Gojan
* Moldovan male boxers 1983 births Bantamweight boxers Living people Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Moldova Olympic bronze medalists for Moldova Olympic medalists in boxing People from Briceni District Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Moldova Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova) {{Moldova-boxing-bio-stub