Nurhan Süleymanoğlu

Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
Personal information
Full nameNurhan Süleymanoğlu
Nationality Turkey
Born (1971-02-28) February 28, 1971
Chingkyut, Kazakhstan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Light Welterweight
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place1995 BerlinLight Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 BursaLight Welterweight
Silver medal – second place1996 VejleLight Welterweight
Silver medal – second place1998 MinskLight Welterweight
Bronze medal – third place2000 TampereLight Welterweight
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place1994 Saint PetersburgLight Welterweight

Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (Kazakh: Нұрхан Сүлейменов, born February 28, 1971) is a Kazakhstan-born Turkish former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2007.

As an amateur, he participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he was stopped in the second round of the light welterweight (63,5 kg) division by Cuba's Héctor Vinent. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the second round by Belarus' Sergey Bykovsky.

Süleymanoğlu won silver medals in the same division at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 European Championships, as well as a gold medal at the 1993 European Championships.

Amateur highlights

  • 1993: World Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
  • 1993: 1st place at Mediterranean Games in Narbonne, France as a Light Welterweight:
  • 1993: Winner at the European Championships in Bursa, Turkey as a Light Welterweight:
  • 1995: 2nd place at World Championships in Berlin, Germany as a Light Welterweight:
  • 1996: 2nd place at European Championships in Vejle, Denmark as a Light Weltwerweight:
  • 1996: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Atlanta as a Light Welterweight:
  • 1997: Competed in the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterewight:
    • Lost to Benameur Meskine (Algeria) 3–5
  • 1998: 2nd place at European Championships in Minsk, Belarus as a Light Welterweight:
  • 1999: Competed at the World Championships in Houston, United States as a Welterweight:
  • 2000: 3rd place at European Championships in Tampere, Finland as a Light Welterweight:
    • Defeated Spiridon Ioanidis (Greece) 6–3
    • Defeated Mariusz Cendrowski (Poland) 6–2
    • Lost to Alex Leonev (Russia) 6–11
  • 2000: Represented Turkey at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia as a Light Welterweight:

References

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