Roberto Cammarelle
Encyclopedia
Roberto Cammarelle is an Italian boxer
, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships
in 2007 (Chicago)
and 2009 (Milan)
as a super heavyweight
and a gold medal
at the 2008
Olympic Games
in Beijing
.
, his father Angelo Cammarelle is from Rionero in Vulture
and his mother Giovanna Caraffa from Filiano
; they moved to Cinisello Balsamo
(Milan
) before his birth.
Roberto Cammarelle is an officer in the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato
).
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
in Pula, Croatia
.
The southpaw also won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships
in Mianyang
.
He is 190 cm tall and weighs 103 kg.
Cammarelle lost to English new-comer Anthony Joshua
15:13 at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
in Baku
, Azerbaijan
.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships
World Amateur Boxing Championships
The World Amateur Boxing Championships is a biennial amateur boxing competition organised by the International Boxing Association , which is the sport governing body. Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, it is the highest level of competition for the sport...
in 2007 (Chicago)
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The championships were originally awarded to Moscow...
and 2009 (Milan)
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy from September 1, 2009 to September 12, 2009 in the Mediolanum Forum. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history...
as a super heavyweight
Super heavyweight
In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms . Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division, despite its grandiose name, is merely the amateur equivalent of the professional heavyweight division...
and a gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
at the 2008
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
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Biography
His parents are LucanianBasilicata
Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...
, his father Angelo Cammarelle is from Rionero in Vulture
Rionero in Vulture
Rionero in Vulture is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is located on the slopes of Monte Vulture in the northern part of the region of Basilicata.-History:...
and his mother Giovanna Caraffa from Filiano
Filiano
Filiano is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Atella, Avigliano, Forenza, Ripacandida, San Fele....
; they moved to Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo is a comune of c. 74,000 inhtabitans in the Province of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 10 km northeast of Milan downtown....
(Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
) before his birth.
Roberto Cammarelle is an officer in the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato
Polizia di Stato
The Polizia di Stato is one of the national police forces of Italy.It is the main police force for providing police duties and it is also responsible for patrolling motorways , railways , airports , customs as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police...
).
Amateur medals
He also won a Super Heavyweight bronze medalOlympic medalists in boxing
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008.-Light flyweight:*1968 - : up to 48 kg.-Flyweight:*1904: up to 105 lb *1920-1936: up to 112 lb *1948-1964: up to 51 kg...
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 292 fighters from 41 countries competed at these...
in Pula, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
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The southpaw also won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :- Medal table :...
in Mianyang
Mianyang
Mianyang is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Its administrative area includes the city proper of Mianyang, with 985,586 inhabitants in the built up area , the county-level city of Jiangyou, and six counties, covering an area of over and a population...
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He is 190 cm tall and weighs 103 kg.
Amateur Highlights
- Italian Heavyweight Champion 2000/2001, Italian Super Heavyweight Champion 2002-2007
- 1998 competed as a Heavyweight at the Junior World ChampionshipsYouth World Amateur Boxing ChampionshipsThe Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, or AIBA Youth World Championships, is a boxing championship event organised by the AIBA for "Youth" competitors who are under the age of 19 years old...
in Buenos Aires, Argentina- Lost to Steffen KretschmannSteffen KretschmannSteffen Kretschmann is a German boxer best known to win the Bronze medal 1999 and 2003 at the amateur world championships in the 201 lbs/91 kg division.-Amateur:...
(Germany) PTS (4-12)
- Lost to Steffen Kretschmann
- 2002 2nd place at the European Championships in Perm, Russia as a Superheavyweight
- Defeated Peter Yatsura (Slovakia) PTS
- Defeated Gaga Bolkvadze (Georgia) PTS
- Defeated Artyom Tsarikov (Ukraine) PTS
- Lost to Alexander PovetkinAlexander PovetkinAlexander Vladimirovich Povetkin is a Russian boxer. He is the current holder of the WBA heavyweight title. His height is . Because of his amateur success, as well as his early pro accomplishments, he is seen as a leading contender in professional boxing's Heavyweight division...
(Russia) PTS
- 2002 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Curragh, Ireland
- Lost to Sebastian KöberSebastian KöberSebastian Köber is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
(Germany) PTS (7-16)
- Lost to Sebastian Köber
- 2004 2nd place at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia
- Defeated Sebastian KöberSebastian KöberSebastian Köber is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
(Germany) RSC - Defeated Csaba Kurtuzs (Hungary) RSCO
- Defeated David PriceDavid Price (boxer)David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old...
(Great Britain) PTS - Defeated Sergey RozhnovSergey RozhnovSergey Rozhnov is a boxer from Bulgaria. He is of Russian origin.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the first round of the Super heavyweight division by Russia's eventual winner Alexander Povetkin....
(Bulgaria) PTS - Lost to Alexander PovetkinAlexander PovetkinAlexander Vladimirovich Povetkin is a Russian boxer. He is the current holder of the WBA heavyweight title. His height is . Because of his amateur success, as well as his early pro accomplishments, he is seen as a leading contender in professional boxing's Heavyweight division...
(Russia) PTS
- Defeated Sebastian Köber
- 2004 won the Military World Championships in Fort Huachcua, United States
- 2004 3rd place at the Athens Olympics.
- Defeated Gbenga Oloukun (Nigeria) PTS (29-13)
- Defeated Alexey Mazikin (Ukraine) PTS (23-21)
- Lost to Alexander PovetkinAlexander PovetkinAlexander Vladimirovich Povetkin is a Russian boxer. He is the current holder of the WBA heavyweight title. His height is . Because of his amateur success, as well as his early pro accomplishments, he is seen as a leading contender in professional boxing's Heavyweight division...
(Russia) PTS (18-31)
- 2005 3rd place at the World Championships in Mianyang, PR China
- Defeated Ivica Bacurin (Croatia) RSCO
- Defeated Aliaksandr ApanasionakAliaksandr ApanasionakAliaksandr Apanasionak is a Bielorussian boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's super heavyweight division...
(Belarus) RSCO - Defeated Michael WilsonMike Wilson (boxer)Mike Wilson is a US-American pro boxer. He is a former two-time amateur super heavyweight champion...
(United States) RSCO-1 - Lost to Roman RomanchukRoman RomanchukRoman Romanchuk is a Ukrainian amateur boxer national gold medalist in 1995, who later adopted a Russian citizenship,...
(Russia) PTS (27-34)
- 2006 competed at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Defeated Modo Sallah (Sweden) DSQ-3
- Lost to Islam TimurzievIslam TimurzievIslam Yahyayevich Timurziev is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning the European superheavyweight title in 2006.-Career:...
(Russia) PTS (21-36)
- 2007 won the World Championships in Chicago, USA
- Defeated Nelson Hysa (Albania) PTS (20-2)
- Defeated José PayaresJosé PayaresJosé David Payares Julio is a Venezuelan amateur boxer best known to win the silver medal at the PanAm Games 2007 in the men's heavyweight division with 91 kg/201 lbs limit...
(Venezuela) PTS (27-4) - Defeated Kubrat PulevKubrat PulevKubrat Venkov Pulev is a Bulgarian professional heavyweight boxer best known to medal repeatedly at international tournaments as an amateur, winning the gold medal in the super heavyweight division at the 2008 European Championships.-Heavyweight with 201lbs/ 91kg limit:At the 2001 world...
(Bulgaria) PTS (12-5) - Defeated David PriceDavid Price (boxer)David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old...
(Great Britain) walk-over - Defeated Islam TimurzievIslam TimurzievIslam Yahyayevich Timurziev is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning the European superheavyweight title in 2006.-Career:...
(Russia) walk-over - Defeated Vyacheslav GlazkovVyacheslav GlazkovVyacheslav Glazkov is a Ukrainian professional boxer best known for winning the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and Olympic bronze in the super heavyweight division as an amateur.-Amateur:...
(Ukraine) PTS (24-14)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Defeated Marko TomasovićMarko Tomasovic (boxer)Marko Tomasović is a Croatian boxer and kickboxer, best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at super heavyweight. He is tall and weights .-Career:In 2005 Marko entered the W.A.K.O...
(Croatia) PTS (13-1) - Defeated Oscar RivasOscar RivasÓscar Andres Rivas Torres is a Colombian heavyweight boxer from Valle del Cauca best known to win the Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games at the age of 19...
(Colombia) PTS (9-5) - Defeated David PriceDavid Price (boxer)David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old...
(Great Britain) RSC-2 - Defeated Zhang ZhileiZhang ZhileiZhang Zhilei is a Chinese amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal at the world amateur championships 2007 at super heavyweight and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics .-Career:...
(China) RSC-4
- Defeated Marko Tomasović
- 2009 won the World Championships in Milan, Italy
- Defeated Roman KapitonenkoRoman KapitonenkoRoman Kapitanenko is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the bronze medal at the European Championships 2008. He benefitted from Vyacheslav Glazkov's decision to turn pro...
(Ukraine) PTS (10:5) - Defeated Viktar Zuyeu (Belarus) RET (1:0)
- Defeated Kubrat PulevKubrat PulevKubrat Venkov Pulev is a Bulgarian professional heavyweight boxer best known to medal repeatedly at international tournaments as an amateur, winning the gold medal in the super heavyweight division at the 2008 European Championships.-Heavyweight with 201lbs/ 91kg limit:At the 2001 world...
(Bulgaria) PTS (12:6) - Defeated Rok UrbancRok UrbancRok Urbanc is a Slovenian ski jumper. In Zakopane 2007 Urbanc won his first World Cup-win.-References:...
(Slovenia) PTS (14:0) - Defeated Michael HunterMichael Hunter (American boxer)Michael Hunter Jr. is an American heavyweight boxer best known to win the National Super Heavyweight championships in 2007 and 2009. He is the son of Mike "the Bounty" Hunter...
(USA) PTS (8:1)
- Defeated Roman Kapitonenko
Cammarelle lost to English new-comer Anthony Joshua
Anthony Joshua
Anthony Joshua is a British amateur boxer who won silver at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the 91 kg+ super heavyweight category....
15:13 at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22, 2011 to October 10, 2011....
in Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
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