Vitali boat
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 Germany
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| bronze | 2001 Belfast | Super heavy |
Vitali Boot (born July 6, 1972 ) is a former German amateur boxer.
Career
After the reunification, Vitali Boot legally moved from the former Soviet Union to Germany due to his German ancestry . At the age of 14 he started boxing and completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith in Hanover . Since 1991 he boxed for the BC Gifhorn .
He became German super heavyweight champion in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004, and won a bronze super heavyweight medal at the World Championships in Belfast in June 2001 . He was only eliminated in the semi-finals against Ruslan Chagayev . At the 1997 World Championships in Budapest he lost to Giorgi Kandelaki , and at the 1998 European Championships in Minsk to Alexei Lesin .
In 2002 he received the Lower Saxony Sports Medal and, with seven national championship titles, is the most successful boxer in Lower Saxony's sports history.
Web links
- The-Sports profile
- Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History
- Website amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Boot, Vitali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1972 |