Veaceslav Gojan

Veaceslav Gojan
Personal information
Born (1983-05-18) 18 May 1983 (age 41)
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

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.

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 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

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 Wales Sean McGoldrick (British Lionhearts) PTS 5 23 Feb 2013 Germany Hannover, Germany
9 Loss 6–3 German Eagles United States Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts) PTS 5 9 Feb 2013 United States Reno, United States
8 Win 6–2 German Eagles Italy Vittorio Parrinello (Italia Thunder) TKO 1 (5) 18 Jan 2013 Germany Göppingen, Germany
7 Win 5–2 German Eagles United States Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts) PTS 5 7 Dec 2012 Germany Göppingen, Germany
6 Win 4–2 German Eagles Italy Vincenzo Picardi (Italia Thunder) PTS 5 17 Nov 2012 Italy Milan, Italy
5 Loss 3–2 Milano Thunder Russia Magomed Kurbanov (Baku Fires) PTS 5 30 Mar 2012 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan
4 Win 3–1 Milano Thunder France Geoffrey dos Santos (Paris United) W/O - 5 Mar 2012 France Paris, France
3 Win 2–1 Milano Thunder Thailand Apichet Petchmanee (Bangkok Elephants) PTS 5 10 Feb 2012 Italy Milan, Italy
2 Loss 1–1 Milano Thunder United States Rau'shee Warren (Los Angeles Matadors) PTS 5 22 Jan 2012 United States Hollywood, United States
1 Win 1–0 Milano Thunder United States Edwin Sandoval (Los Angeles Matadors) PTS 5 18 Nov 2011 Italy Milan, Italy WSB debut

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