Vedran Đipalo

Vedran Đipalo medal table
Boxing
Croatia
European championships
bronze	2004	Heavyweight
Mediterranean Games
bronze	2005	Heavyweight
EU championships
bronze	2007	Heavyweight
bronze	2006	Heavyweight
bronze	2005	Heavyweight

Vedran Đipalo (* 22. September 1977 in Sinj ) is a former Croatian boxer in the heavyweight division .

Career

Vedran Đipalo won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Pula in February 2004 , when he was only defeated in the semifinals against Alexander Alexejew . He then started in August 2004 at the Olympic Games in Athens , where he was eliminated in the first fight against Adam Forsyth. However, he defeated this in April 2005 at a tournament in the Czech Republic .

In June 2005 he won another bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games in Almería when he was eliminated in the semifinals against Clemente Russo . He also won bronze at the EU championships in Cagliari . At the 2005 World Championships in Mianyang , he lost in the first duel against Alexander Powernow .

In 2006 he won a bronze medal at the EU championships in Pécs , when he won against Clemente Russo this time. At the European Championships in 2006 in Plovdiv he remained medalless after a defeat in the first fight against Jarno Rosberg.

In 2007 he beat Memnun Hadžić , Clemente Russo and Danny Price at tournaments in Croatia, among others , secured another bronze medal at the EU Championships in Dublin and reached the second preliminary round at the World Championships in Chicago , where he failed to Milorad Gajović .

At the European Olympic qualification tournaments in Pescara and Athens in 2008 , he was eliminated by Terwel Pulew (12:13) and Mairis Briedis (5:16).

Web links

• Vedran Đipalo, hoo.hr
• Results of the 2005 Mediterranean Games
• Results of the EU championships 2006
• Results of the EU championships 2007