Veaceslav Gojan

Summary

Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, in Briceni north-west Moldova, and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău. His coach is Petru Caduc.

Veaceslav Gojan
Personal information
Born (1983-05-18) 18 May 1983 (age 40)
Grimăncăuți, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Moldova
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Bantamweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Ankara Bantamweight
Silver medal – second place 2002 Perm Light Flyweight

Career edit

Gojan failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after ending up in third place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.

He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by beating German boxer Rustamhodza Rahimov 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. At the 2012 Olympic qualifier he lost his first bout vs Pavlo Ishchenko and didn't make it.

World Series of Boxing record edit

10 fights 7 wins 3 losses
By knockout 0 0
By decision 7 3
No. Result Record Team Opponent (Team) Type Round, time Date Location Notes
10 Win 7–3 German Eagles   Sean McGoldrick (British Lionhearts) PTS 5 23 Feb 2013   Hannover, Germany
9 Loss 6–3 German Eagles   Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts) PTS 5 9 Feb 2013   Reno, United States
8 Win 6–2 German Eagles   Vittorio Parrinello (Italia Thunder) TKO 1 (5) 18 Jan 2013   Göppingen, Germany
7 Win 5–2 German Eagles   Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts) PTS 5 7 Dec 2012   Göppingen, Germany
6 Win 4–2 German Eagles   Vincenzo Picardi (Italia Thunder) PTS 5 17 Nov 2012   Milan, Italy
5 Loss 3–2 Milano Thunder   Magomed Kurbanov (Baku Fires) PTS 5 30 Mar 2012   Baku, Azerbaijan
4 Win 3–1 Milano Thunder   Geoffrey dos Santos (Paris United) W/O - 5 Mar 2012   Paris, France
3 Win 2–1 Milano Thunder   Apichet Petchmanee (Bangkok Elephants) PTS 5 10 Feb 2012   Milan, Italy
2 Loss 1–1 Milano Thunder   Rau'shee Warren (Los Angeles Matadors) PTS 5 22 Jan 2012   Hollywood, United States
1 Win 1–0 Milano Thunder   Edwin Sandoval (Los Angeles Matadors) PTS 5 18 Nov 2011   Milan, Italy WSB debut

References edit

External links edit

  • Olympic qualifier
  • AIBA results for Olympic qualification.
  • Veaceslav Gojan
  • Boxing record for Veaceslav Gojan from BoxRec (registration required)