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Onur Şipal

Onur Şipal
Onur Şipal Rio2016b.jpg
Şipal at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1989-03-17) March 17, 1989 (age 28)
Height 1.72 m (5.6 ft)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Amateur boxing
Event(s) Lightweight
Club Fenerbahçe Boxing
Coached by Seyfullah Dumlupinar

Onur Şipal (born March 17, 1989) is a Turkish amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a southpaw and competes in the welterweight division. His brother Önder Şipal is also an amateur boxer.

Şipal became the 2005 Cadet World silver medalist at featherweight when he lost to Yordan Frometa 21:30.

He beat in 2007 senior world champion Yordenis Ugás in Turkey at 60 kg/lightweight (final of the Ahmet Comert International Tournament).

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he lost to southpaw surprise winner Frankie Gavin (boxer) from England in the quarterfinal but qualified for the Olympics in Beijing. There he lost his debut to Jose Pedraza (boxer). He won the silver medal in lightweight division at the 2010 World University Boxing Championship held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division.

In 2016, prior to the Rio 2016 Olympics, Onur Şipal won a gold medal in the Eindhoven Box Cup 2016 in the Netherlands. In the quarterfinals he won against Rio qualified Arajik Marutyan (Germany) by split decision. The semi-finals he saw a unanimous win over Abdul Ibrahim (England). In the final Şipal won by split decision over the Netherlands' Delano James.


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