Yusuf Öztürk (born 1 August 1973,

İkizdere İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.

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) is a

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who competed at the

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. Participating in the 30 March–7 April

1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from March 30 to April 7. The 31st edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 304 fighters from 35 countries participated this time, was organised by the Europea ...

in the Danish town of

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, he defeated

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and

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(10-15), ultimately sharing the bronze medal with

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. Three-and-a-half months later, at the Olympics, he was outpointed 7–15 in the first round of men's light-heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by the reigning European champion,

Pietro Aurino Pietro Aurino (born November 16, 1976, in Torre Annunziata, Province of Naples) is a retired male boxer from Italy. Nicknamed ''The Killer'' he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped i ...

of Italy and ended the Games tied for 17th place with fourteen other light heavyweights.SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS: Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games — Men's Light-Heavyweight
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References

Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Turkey 1973 births Living people Turkish male boxers People from İkizdere {{Turkey-boxing-bio-stub