Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle is an Italian boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 and 2009 as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He won a silver medal in 2012 London Olympic Games, losing to Anthony Joshua.Biography
Roberto Cammarelle was born in Cinisello Balsamo, from Lucanian parents, his father Angelo Cammarelle is from Rionero in Vulture and his mother Giovanna Caraffa from Filiano. He is a member of the Italian State Police.Amateur medals
He also won a Super Heavyweight bronze medal 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.Amateur highlights
- Italian Heavyweight Champion 2000/2001, Italian Super Heavyweight Champion 2002-2007
- 1998 competed as a Heavyweight at the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- *Lost to Steffen Kretschmann PTS
- 2002 2nd place at the European Championships in Perm, Russia as a Superheavyweight
- *Defeated Peter Yatsura PTS
- *Defeated Gaga Bolkvadze PTS
- *Defeated Artyom Tsarikov PTS
- *Lost to Alexander Povetkin PTS
- 2002 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Curragh, Ireland
- *Lost to Sebastian Köber PTS
- 2004 2nd place at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia
- *Defeated Sebastian Köber RSC
- *Defeated Csaba Kurtuzs RSCO
- *Defeated David Price PTS
- *Defeated Sergey Rozhnov PTS
- *Lost to Alexander Povetkin PTS
- 2004 won the Military World Championships in Fort Huachcua, United States
- 2004 3rd place at the Athens Olympics.
- *Defeated Gbenga Oloukun PTS
- *Defeated Alexey Mazikin PTS
- *Lost to Alexander Povetkin PTS
- 2005 3rd place at the World Championships in Mianyang, China
- *Defeated Ivica Bacurin RSCO
- *Defeated Aliaksandr Apanasionak RSCO
- *Defeated Michael Wilson RSCO-1
- *Lost to Roman Romanchuk PTS
- 2006 competed at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- *Defeated Modo Sallah DSQ-3
- *Lost to Islam Timurziev PTS
- 2007 won the World Championships in Chicago, USA
- *Defeated Nelson Hysa PTS
- *Defeated José Payares PTS
- *Defeated Kubrat Pulev PTS
- *Defeated David Price walk-over
- *Defeated Islam Timurziev walk-over
- *Defeated Vyacheslav Glazkov PTS
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- *Defeated Marko Tomasović PTS
- *Defeated Oscar Rivas PTS
- *Defeated David Price RSC-2
- *Defeated Zhang Zhilei RSC-4
- 2009 won the World Championships in Milan, Italy
- *Defeated Roman Kapitonenko PTS
- *Defeated Viktar Zuyeu RET
- *Defeated Kubrat Pulev PTS
- *Defeated Rok Urbanc PTS
- *Defeated Michael Hunter PTS
- 2010 competed at the European Championships in Moscow, Russia
- *Defeated Marcin Rekowski 12-2
- *Lost to Sergey Kuzmin PTS
- 2011 2nd place at the European Championships in Ankara, Turkey
- *Defeated Viktor Zuyev RSCH 2
- *Defeated Tony Yoka 22-9
- *Defeated Istvan Bernath 18-6
- *Defeated Mihai Nistor RET 2
- *Lost to Magomed Omarov 14-20
- 2011 Competed at the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan
- *Defeated Jose Payares 17-8
- *Defeated Con Sheehan RET 3
- *Lost to Anthony Joshua 13-15
- 2012 London Olympics
- *Defeated Ytalo Perea Castillo
- *Defeated Mohammed Arjaoui
- *Defeated Magomedrasul Medzhidov
- *Lost to Anthony Joshua
- 2013 3rd place at the World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan
- *Defeated Tony Yoka 3-0
- *Defeated Modo Sallah 3-0
- *Defeated Filip Hrgovic 3-0
- *Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov 0-3
