Jani Rauhala

Jani Rauhala medal table
Boxing
Finland
European championships
bronze	2002 Perm	medium weight

Jani Rauhala (born April 10, 1978 ) is a former Finnish amateur boxer.

Career

Jani Rauhala played his first fight in 1993; by 1997 he had won 56 out of 68 fights. He was the 1996 Finnish junior light middleweight champion, 1996, 1997 and 1998 Finnish light middleweight champion, 2001, 2002 and 2003 Finnish middleweight champion, and 2004 and 2005 Finnish light heavyweight champion.

In addition, he won the international Gee-Bee tournament in Helsinki in 1998, as well as the international Tammer tournament in Tampere in 1998, 2001 and 2002 . His greatest achievement was winning a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 2002 European Championships in Perm , Russia ; after victories against Arnis Ritenieks from Latvia (21:15) and Piotr Wilczewski from Poland (22:12), he was only defeated in the semifinals against Oleg Maschkin from Ukraine (14:29).

• Further results of major international events;

• World Championships 1997 in Budapest , Nl in the preliminary round against Sergio Martínez from Argentina (cancellation)
• European Championships 1998 in Minsk , defeat (Nl) in the round of 16 against Robert Gortat from Poland (3: 9)
• World Championships 1999 in Houston , victory against Anthony Hanshaw from the USA (5: 4), Nl in the round of 16 against Dilschod Jarbekow from Uzbekistan (3: 6)
• European Championships 2000 in Tampere , victory against Sergei Kostenko from Ukraine (7: 6), Nl in the quarterfinals against Dmitri Usagin from Bulgaria (2: 8)
• World Championships 2001 in Belfast , victory against Cleiton Conceição from Brazil (21: 6), Nl in the round of 16 against Ladislav Kutil from the Czech Republic (20:29)
• World Championships 2003 in Bangkok , victory against Andrej Miruk from Belarus (27: 8), Nl in the second round against Abdelghani Kinzi from Algeria (16:22)
• European Championships 2004 in Pula , victory against Ali Ismailow from Azerbaijan (26:22), Nl in the round of 16 against Magomed Aripgadschiew from Belarus (14:35)

Web links

• Amateur Boxing Team Finland
• amateur-boxing.strefa.pl