Xavier Noël

Xavier Noël ( born July 11, 1976 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe ) is a French former amateur welterweight boxer. The seven-time French champions and multiple tournament winner won the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunisia, and in 2004 the silver medal at the European Championships in Croatia. Also in 2004, he represented his native country at the Summer Olympic Games in Greece.

Boxing career

He was 1999 and 2000 respectively French runners-up in the years after he was defeated in both finals against Hussein Bayram. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008, he eventually became French Champion, where he defeated, among others, Ihsan Lahmar, Karim Bettaibi, Jaoid Chiguer, Salim Larbi, Nabil Bouneb, Edmond Mebenga and Jean -Bernard Vanden Bussche. In 2009 he reached at the French Championships, the bronze medal after losing in the semifinals against Adriani Vastine.

Medal wins at international events

• September 2001: 1st place at the 14th Mediterranean Games in Tunis, including Victories against Juan Manuel Barreda of Spain and Sami Khelifi from Tunisia.
• June 2003: 2nd place at the 1st European Championships in Strasbourg, victories against Kariam Ysopov from Belgium, Nikolay Grisunins from Latvia and Mirosław Nowosada from Poland, final defeat by Bülent Ulusoy of Turkey
• February 2004: 2nd place at the 35th European Championships in Pula, final defeat by Oleg Saitow from Russia
• July 2005: 2nd place at the Mediterranean Games in Almería, victories against Ait Hammi Miloud from Morocco and Borna Katalinić from Croatia, fight -free exit in the final.
• June 2007: 2nd place at the 5th European Championships in Dublin, defeating Diego di Luisa from Italy, Zarif Radu from Romania and Adem Kilicci from Turkey, Final defeat against Roy Sheahan in Ireland
• June 2008: 3rd place at the 6th European Championships in Cetniewo, beating Ferman Muzaffer of Turkey, semi-final defeat against Billy Joe Saunders from England

Other participations at international events

• June 2001: 11th World Championships in Belfast, losing in the first round against Batirkschan Dschaksibajew from Kazakhstan ( 4:5 )
• July 2002: 34th European Championships in Perm, beating Zoran Mitrovic from Yugoslavia 's defeat in the second round against Timur Gajdalow from Russia
• July 2003: 12th World Championships in Bangkok, defeat in the second preliminary round against Schersod Husanow from Uzbekistan
• August 2004: 28th Summer Olympic Games in Athens, defeat in the second preliminary round against Viktor Polyakov from Ukraine ( 25:33 )
• November 2005: 13th World Championships in Mianyang, beating Aliasker Baschirow from Turkmenistan, defeat in the second preliminary round against Andrei Balanow from Russia
• May 2006: 4th European Championships in Pécs, beating Michele Cirillo from Italy, losing in the quarterfinals against Bülent Ulusoy of Turkey
• November 2007: 14th World Championships in Chicago, losing in the first round against Baqyt Särsekbajew from Kazakhstan
• December 2008: World Cup in Moscow, losing in the quarterfinals against Dilshod Makhmudov from Uzbekistan

Selection of international tournament results

• March 1999: 3rd place at the 17th trophy in Italy Italy ( semi-final defeat against Sergei Dotsenko, Olympic silver medalist of 2000)
• November 2000: 2nd place at the Copenhagen Cup 21 in Denmark
• June 2002: 1st place in the 4 Nations Tournament in France (including wins against Sebastian Zbik and Timothy Bradley)
• March 2005: 1st place in the 22 Feliks master tournament in Poland
• October 2006: 1st place at the 25th Box - Am tournament in Spain
• May 2007: 3rd place at the 35th International Chemistry Cup in Germany ( semi-final defeat against Jack Culcay - Keth )
• April 2009: 1st place at 28 Gee -Bee Tournament in Finland