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Roman Kapitonenko
Roman Kapitanenko (born January 21, 1981) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the bronze medal at the European Championships 2008. He benefitted from Vyacheslav Glazkov's decision to turn pro. He beat Vladimir Prusa and Yousef Abdelghani before losing his semifinal 4:6 to Kubrat Pulev.
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| Full name | Роман Капітоненко | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 21, 1981 Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Super Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated Erislandy Savón and Zhang Zhilei, but lost the final to Roberto Cammarelle.
He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Moscow, Russia after he lost to Viktor Zuyev from Belarus in the Semifinals.
References edit
- Euro 2008
- Profile