Filip Hrgović
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Hrgović at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Native name | Filip Hrgović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 June 1992 Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rated at | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Filip Hrgović (born June 4, 1992) is an amateur boxer from Croatia, best known for winning European Amateur Boxing Championships in Samokov 2015 and winning the bronze medal at 2016 Summer Olympics.
Hrgović was boxing for BK Leonardo under Leonardo Pjetraj.
Filip was 6 times Croatian Senior Boxing Champion (2011, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), once runner up (2010).
He was also WSB Season I Champion (As member of Paris United team) and two times (Season III and season V) as member of Astana Arlans team, with a 26-4 record.
He was named March Boxer of the Month in 2015 by AIBA.
Hrgović was the man credited for the cancellation of the David Haye vs Tyson Fury fight in 2013, after he cut Haye in a sparring session. He was also Kubrat Pulev's sparring partner for his fight against Wladimir Klitschko in 2014.
Filip was a boxing bronze medallist in the men's super heavyweight category at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games after being narrowly defeated by Tony Yoka of France in the semi-finals.
After Olympics, he was awarded Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar by President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, for extraordinary sports succes and winning a medal at Olympics, also for promotion of sports and the reputation of the Croatia in the world.
On January 4, 2017, in an interview for Dnevnik.hr, Hrgović announced that he is going pro in 2017.
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