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| Born | 18 May 1983 Grimăncăuți, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. [1] He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, in Briceni north-west Moldova, and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău. His coach is Petru Caduc.
Gojan failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after ending up in third place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by beating German boxer Rustamhodza Rahimov in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. In Beijing he made it to the semifinal by defeating Khavazhi Khatsigov (Belarus) 1-1, countback, Gu Yu (China) 13-6 and Akhil Kumar (India) 10-3 then he lost to Mongolian Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan 2:15. (Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight)
He won the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2012 Olympic qualifier he lost his first bout vs Pavlo Ishchenko and didn't make it.
| 10 fights | 7 wins | 3 losses |
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| By knockout | 0 | 0 |
| By decision | 7 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Team | Opponent (Team) | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Win | 7–3 | German Eagles |  Sean McGoldrick (British Lionhearts) | PTS | 5 | 23 Feb 2013 |  Hannover, Germany | |
| 9 | Loss | 6–3 | German Eagles |  Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts) | PTS | 5 | 9 Feb 2013 | Reno, United States | |
| 8 | Win | 6–2 | German Eagles |  Vittorio Parrinello (Italia Thunder) | TKO | 1 (5) | 18 Jan 2013 | Göppingen, Germany | |
| 7 | Win | 5–2 | German Eagles | Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts) | PTS | 5 | 7 Dec 2012 | Göppingen, Germany | |
| 6 | Win | 4–2 | German Eagles | Vincenzo Picardi (Italia Thunder) | PTS | 5 | 17 Nov 2012 | Milan, Italy | |
| 5 | Loss | 3–2 | Milano Thunder |  Magomed Kurbanov (Baku Fires) | PTS | 5 | 30 Mar 2012 |  Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Milano Thunder |  Geoffrey dos Santos (Paris United) | W/O | - | 5 Mar 2012 | Paris, France | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Milano Thunder |  Apichet Petchmanee (Bangkok Elephants) | PTS | 5 | 10 Feb 2012 | Milan, Italy | |
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Milano Thunder | Rau'shee Warren (Los Angeles Matadors) | PTS | 5 | 22 Jan 2012 | Hollywood, United States | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Milano Thunder | Edwin Sandoval (Los Angeles Matadors) | PTS | 5 | 18 Nov 2011 | Milan, Italy | WSB debut |
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