Atagün Yalçınkaya (born December 14, 1986) is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight (54 kg) division best known for winning the silver medal in the light-flyweight category at the 2004 Olympics.
Yalçınkaya started boxing from a young age and won six titles in the schoolboy and cadet categories in Turkey.
He was successful as a teenager at international tournaments with a 2003 1st place win in the Balaton Tournament in Hungary, a 3rd place in Green Hill Cup, Pakistan and a 1st place in European Students Boxing championship, Italy.
He went up to flyweight (51 kg) afterwards and won the Mediterranean Games in Almeria, Spain at the 2005 world championships (Mianyang, China) he defeated Andrzej Rzany (Poland) 20-13 but lost to Georgy Balakshin (Russia) 15-36.
At the European Championships 2006 he lost early to Englishman Stuart Langley.
atagün, yalçınkaya, born, december, 1986, turkish, boxer, bantamweight, division, best, known, winning, silver, medal, light, flyweight, category, 2004, olympics, personal, informationfull, namenationality, turkeyborn, 1986, december, 1986, altındağ, ankarahei. Atagun Yalcinkaya born December 14 1986 is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight 54 kg division best known for winning the silver medal in the light flyweight category at the 2004 Olympics Atagun YalcinkayaPersonal informationFull nameAtagun YalcinkayaNationality TurkeyBorn 1986 12 14 December 14 1986 age 36 Altindag AnkaraHeight1 65 m 5 ft 5 in Weight48 kg 106 lb SportSportBoxingWeight classFlyweightClubFenerbahce BoxingMedal record Olympic Games2004 Athens Light FlyweightMediterranean Games2005 Almeira Flyweight Contents 1 Amateur 2 Pro 3 References 4 External linksAmateur editYalcinkaya started boxing from a young age and won six titles in the schoolboy and cadet categories in Turkey He was successful as a teenager at international tournaments with a 2003 1st place win in the Balaton Tournament in Hungary a 3rd place in Green Hill Cup Pakistan and a 1st place in European Students Boxing championship Italy Yalcinkaya qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku Azerbaijan He competed at light flyweight in Athens Greece and won a silver medal for Turkey on August 29 2004 by beating Alfonso Pinto and reigning worldchamp Sergey Kazakov At age 17 he was the youngest medal winning sportsman in Turkish Olympics history Defeated Jolly Katongole Uganda 22 7 Defeated Jeyhun Abiyev Azerbaijan 23 20 Defeated Alfonso Pinto Italy 33 24 Defeated Sergey Kazakov Russia 26 20 Lost to Yan Bartelemi Varela Cuba 16 21He went up to flyweight 51 kg afterwards and won the Mediterranean Games in Almeria Spain at the 2005 world championships Mianyang China he defeated Andrzej Rzany Poland 20 13 but lost to Georgy Balakshin Russia 15 36 At the European Championships 2006 he lost early to Englishman Stuart Langley Later he competed at bantamweight 1 Yalcinkaya 1 65 m tall is a member of Fenerbahce SK 1 and is coached by Enver Yilmaz Pro editIn 2008 he signed a contract with German based Ahmed Oner and turned pro in March 2008 References edit Fenerbahce Boxing squadExternal links editAtagun Yalcinkaya at BoxRec registration required nbsp Atagun Yalcinkaya at Olympedia nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Turkish boxer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Turkish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Atagun Yalcinkaya amp oldid 1156527056, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
