Jaroslavas Jakšto

Jaroslavas Jakšto (born: 7 August 1980) is an amateur boxer from Lithuania best known for winning super heavyweight bronze at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. He was a 2004 and 2008 Olympian.

Olympic games results

2004 (as a Super heavyweight)

• Defeated Victor Bisbal (Puerto Rico) 26-17
• Lost to Mohamed Ali (Egypt) 11-19

2008 (as a Super heavyweight)

• Defeated Onoriode Ehwarieme (Nigeria) 11-1
• Lost to David Price (Great Britain) RSC 1 (retired with an injury after 1st round)

World amateur championships results

2003 (as a Super heavyweight)

• Defeated George Garcia (United States) RSC 2
• Lost to Stefan Koeber (Germany) 15-27

2005 (as a Super heavyweight)

• Lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) 20-26

2007 (as a Super heavyweight)

• Defeated Stefan Koeber (Germany) 22-6
• Defeated Magomed Abdusalamov (Belarus) 24-13
• Lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) RSC 3

Olympic qualifying

2008 (1st qualifying for Europe)

• Defeated Csaba Kurtucz (Hungary) 17-9
• Defeated Cathal McMonagle (Ireland) 23-3
• Lost to Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) 6-14

2008 (2nd qualifying for Europe)

• Defeated Mohamed Samoudi (France) 16-2
• Defeated Robert Helenius (Finland) 18-7
• Defeated Yousef Abdelghani (Israel) 8-6
• Defeated David Price (Great Britain) walk-over

Other achievements

• 2004 European Championships as a Super Heavyweight - Bronze