Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle ( born July 30, 1980 in Milan, Italy ) is an Italian boxer.
Career
Cammarelles parents are from the south-Italian Basilicata, his father comes from Rionero in Vulture, his mother from Filiano. From 2000 to 2007, the boxing in right display Cammarelle has won eight times in a row, the Italian championship; in the first two years, even in the heavyweight (up to 91kg ), since 2002 in the super heavyweight division. For his participation in the Junior World Championships in 1998 in Buenos Aires, he lost in the first fight against Steffen Kretschmann.
In 2002, he finished second at the European Championships in Perm, he lost the final against Alexander Povetkin. Even when held in the same year Military World Championships he reached after one defeat in the final battle against Sebastian Köber rank two. In 2003 he succeeded in winning the Hall of Chemistry Cup, but he sat down in the final against Köber by.
Also at the European Championships in 2004 in Pula he hit Köber and again reached the final, had to be there but again Povetkin defeated. He then took part in Athens at the 2004 Olympic Games. He qualified with victories over Nigeria's Gbenga Oluokun and the Ukrainians Olexij Masikin for the semifinals, where he again met his nemesis Povetkin. Cammarelle lost convincingly on points and thus finished third. Against Povetkin, who moved into the professional camp after the games, he succeeded in a total of five compare not a single victory. In October 2004 he was at Fort Huachuca with a noncombat -final victory against Steffen Kretschmann military world champion.
In 2005 he occupied at the World Championships in Mianyang third place, he lost in the semifinals against the Russians Roman Romanchuk. In the 2006 European Championship in Plovdiv he succeeded no front placement, he retired in the quarterfinals against eventual winners Islam Timursijew. His first major title he succeeded at the amateur world championships in 2007 in Chicago. He won there under somewhat fortunate circumstances in the open weight class. In the second round he managed a victory against the Bulgarians Kubrat Pulew. Then he pulled a two noncombat victories in the finals, as the Briton David Price for his quarter-final due to injury did not compete against Cammarelle and the tournament favorite Timursijew the semi-final duel could not deny due to acute appendicitis. In the final battle Cammarelle then beat Vyacheslav Hlaskow from Ukraine on points.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he became Olympic champion in super heavyweight. He defeated the Croat Marko Tomasović and Colombian Oscar Rivas each on points, in the semi-final he beat the British David Price by termination in the second round. In the final he met the surprise finalist Zhang Zhilei and clearly dominated the tall Chinese. After precipitation of the fight at the registry of 14:4 was canceled for Cammarelle, he won as the first gold medal in the Olympics for Italy in this weight class.
In September 2009 Cammarelle successfully defended his World Champion title at the in his hometown of Milan discharged 15th Amateur World Championships. He defeated in the preliminary round, the U.S. representative Michael Hunter (8:2), in the second round Urbanc Rok from Slovenia ( 14:0 ) and in the quarterfinals of the reigning European champion, Kubrat Pulew from Bulgaria, by ( 12:6 ). In the semifinals, he succeeded against the White Russians Viktar Sujau, silver medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games in the heavyweight division, a demolition victory in the first round. The final was won Cammarelle against the Ukrainians novel Kapitonenko with 10:5 points.
Cammarelle approached at the 38th European Championships in Moscow in June 2010. At the 2008 European Championships he had renounced after Olympic victory. But even with these terms and it was not possible for him to win the European title. After the successes of recent years started as the clear favorite, he defeated in the second round to Poland Marcin Rekowski ( 12:2 ), but lost in the quarterfinals of the surprising Russians Sergei Vasilievich Kuzmin on points ( 3:6 ). The same was true for the European Championships 2011. Although this time he reached after beating Victor Zuev, Belarus (RSC 2 ), Tony Yoka, France ( 22:9 ), Istvan Bernath, Hungary ( 18:6 ), and Mihai Nistor, Romania ( However, AB 2 ), the final, lost it against Magomed Omarov, Russia ( 20:14). At the world championships in the same year Cammarelle won in the first round against Jose Payares, Venezuela ( 17:8 ), and in the second round against Con Sheehan, Ireland ( AB 3 ) before the quarter-finals against the eventual silver medalist Anthony Joshua, England, he (15: 13), and thus lost the sixth occupied.
With this placement, Cammarelle qualified for the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals after victories in the second round on Ítalo Perea, Ecuador ( 18:10 ) and in the quarter-finals on Mohamed Arjaoui, Morocco ( 12:11 ). In this he met the reigning world champion Magomedrasul Majidov, Azerbaijan, which he narrowly won by points ( 13:12 ). The final he played against the local hero Anthony Joshua, Great Britain, and had to give him beaten after evaluation of the auxiliary points ( 18:18 ), with which he won the Olympic silver medal.
In November 2012 Cammarelle won his ninth Italian championship after many years of absence. In the Mediterranean Games in Mersin in the following year he won the gold medal.
Achievements
- Italian Champion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012
- Winner of the Mediterranean Games: 2005, 2009, 2013
- EU champion: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- European Championships: Second 2002 Second 2004 Second 2011
- World Championships: Third in 2005, winner in 2007 and 2009, third in 2013
- Military World Championships: Second in 2002, winner in 2004
- Olympic Games: Third in 2004, Winner 2008, Second 2012