Rostyslav Saulychnyj

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Rostyslav Saulytschnyj ( Ukrainian Ростислав Зауличний ; born September 6, 1968 ) is a former Ukrainian boxer . Saulytschnyj was a silver medalist at the 1992 Olympic Games and a bronze medalist at the 1991 and 1993 European Championships and the 1993 World Championships . He was also a participant in the 1996 Olympic Games .

Career

Saulytschnyj was Soviet champion in 1990 middleweight (-75 kg) and 1991 in light heavyweight (-81 kg).

In 1990 Saulytschnyj took part in the middleweight division at the Goodwill Games in Seattle , but retired in the first fight against Chris Johnson , Canada (4: 1). At the European Championships in the following year he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division, losing in the semifinals to Dariusz Michalczewski , Poland (26:19).

At the 1992 Olympic Games , Saulytschnyj, after the collapse of the Soviet Union for the United Team starting under the Olympic flag , reached after victories over the winner of the 1991 Pan-African Games Jacklord Jacobs, Nigeria (16: 8), Stephen Wilson, Great Britain (13: 0) and Zoltán Béres , Hungary (RSC 3rd), the final, which he lost to Torsten May , Germany (8: 3), and thus won the Olympic silver medal.

The 1993 World Championships ended for Saulytschnyj, now of Ukrainian nationality, with another medal win. After victories over Petri Mäkelä, Finland (RSC 1st), and Sinan Şamil Sam , Turkey (6: 1), he narrowly lost the semi-finals to Jacklord Jacobs, Nigeria (+8: 8), and won the bronze medal. He achieved the same placement at the European Championships in the same year, where he u. a. Wojciech Bartnik, Poland (9: 7), beat and lost in the semi-finals to Igor Kschinin , Russia (10: 8).

In 1994 Saulytschnyj won the World Cup in Bangkok with a final victory over Sven Ottke , Germany (16:14), but retired the following year at the World Championships in the first fight against Dihosvany Vega, Cuba (8: 5), and also at the European Championships in 1996 he did not get past the first round.

The last international tournament of his career Saulytschnyj denied at the Olympic Games in 1996, where he lost his first fight against Timur Ibragimov, Uzbekistan (7: 3).

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SURNAME Saulychnyj, Rostyslav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Зауличний, Ростислав (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1968