Bülent Ulusoy

Bülent Ulusoy
Personal information
BornJanuary 7, 1978 (1978-01-07) (age 48)
Trabzon, Turkey
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Turkey
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 TampereWelterweight
EU Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 StrasbourgWelterweight
Gold medal – first place2004 MadridWelterweight
Silver medal – second place2006 PécsWelterweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place2001 BelfastLight Middleweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1997 BariWelterweight
Gold medal – first place2001 TunisLight Middleweight
Gold medal – first place2005 AlmeriaWelterweight

Bülent Ulusoy (born January 7, 1978, in Trabzon) is a Turkish boxer best known to win the European title 2000 at welterweight.

Career

In 2000, Bulent Ulusoy won the Euro welterweight title. At the Olympics 2000 he lost the quarterfinal to Vitalie Gruşac.[1] In 2001 he competed at the world championships at junior middleweight and beat Jean Pascal and lost to Marian Simion 19:20.

Ulusoy qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the Olympics 2004 he lost in the men's welterweight division to Sherzod Husanov.[1]

He won the 2005 Mediterranean Games. At the European Championships 2006 he lost his first match against Russian favorite Andrey Balanov.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bülent Ulusoy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ↑ https://famememoir.com/people/bulent-ulusoy/