Xavier Noël

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

Boxing career

He was French runner-up in 1999 and 2000, after losing to Hussein Bayram in both final matches . In 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 he finally became French champion, defeating Ihsan Lahmar, Karim Bettaibi, Jaoid Chiguer , Salim Larbi, Nabil Bouneb, Edmond Mebenga, Cédric Vitu and Jean-Bernard Vandenbussche, among others . In 2009 he reached the bronze medal at the French Championships after losing to Adriani Vastine in the semifinals.

Winning medals at major international events

• September 2001: 1st place at the 14th Mediterranean Games in Tunis , u. a. Wins against Juan Manuel Barreda from Spain and Sami Khelifi from Tunisia.
• June 2003: 2nd place at the 1st EU Championships in Strasbourg , victories against Kariam Ysopov from Belgium, Nikolajs Grisunins from Latvia and Mirosław Nowosada from Poland, final defeat against Bülent Ulusoy from Turkey
• February 2004: 2nd place at the 35th European Championships in Pula , final defeat against 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, exit without a fight in the final.
• June 2007: 2nd place at the 5th EU Championships in Dublin , victory against Diego di Luisa from Italy, Zarif Radu from Romania and Adem Kılıççı from Turkey, final defeat against Roy Sheahan from Ireland
• June 2008: 3rd place at the 6th EU Championships in Cetniewo , victory against Ferman Muzaffer from Turkey, semi-final defeat against Billy Joe Saunders from England

Further participation in major international events

• June 2001: 11th World Championships in Belfast , defeat in the preliminary round against Batirkschan Dschaksibajew from Kazakhstan (4: 5)
• July 2002: 34th European Championships in Perm , victory against Zoran Mitrović from Yugoslavia, defeat in the round of 16 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 , victory against Aliasker Baschirow from Turkmenistan, defeat in the second preliminary round against Andrei Balanow from Russia
• May 2006: 4th EU Championships in Pécs , victory against Michele Cirillo from Italy, defeat in the quarter-finals against Bülent Ulusoy from Turkey
• November 2007: 14th World Championships in Chicago , defeat in the preliminary round against Baqyt Särsekbajew from Kazakhstan
• December 2008: World Cup in Moscow , defeat in the quarter-finals against Dilschod Machmudow from Uzbekistan

Selection of international tournament results

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

Web links

• Xavier Noël in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Website amateur-boxing.strefa.pl