Atagun Yalcinkaya

Name: Atagun Yalcinkaya
Hometown: Ankara, Turkiye
Birthplace: Ankara, Turkiye
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 168cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record


Atag?n Yal??nkaya (born on December 14, 1986), is a Turkish boxer in the flyweight (51 kg) category.

He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and, won silver medal for Turkey on August 29, 2004; losing in the final to Yan Barthelemy of Cuba by decision, 21-16. With his age of 17, he was the youngest medal-winning sportsman in Turkish Olympic history.

Yal??nkaya, 1.65 m tall, is a member of Fenerbah?e SK and is coached by Enver Yilmaz.

His achievements:

• 2003 1st place in Balaton Tournament in Hungary,
• 2003 European champion in Lithuania,
• 2003 3rd place in Green Hill Cup, Pakistan,
• 2003 1st place in European Students Boxing championship, Italy,
• 2004 2nd place in Olympics qualifications in Azerbaijan.

Olympic results

• Defeated Jolly Katongole (Uganda) 22-7
• Defeated Jeyhun Abiyev (Azerbaijan) 23-20
• Defeated Alfonso Pinto (Italy) 33-24
• Defeated Sergey Kazakov (Russia) 26-20
• Lost to Yan Barthelemy (Cuba) 16-21

World Amateur championships

2005 (Mianyang, China, as a flyweight)

• Defeated Andrzej Rzany (Poland) 20-13
• Lost to Georgy Balakshin (Russia) 15-36

This article borrows from the Wikipedia article on this subject: Atag?n Yal??nkaya