Sebastian Köber
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| Full name | Sebastian Köber | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Super Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Boxing Club Frankfurt am Oder | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sebastian Köber (born 28 May 1979) is a German
Sydney, Australia. Three years later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok
, he once again finished in third place.
Amateur
- German Super Heavyweight Champion 2003, German Junior Champion 1996, 1997
Heavyweight 201 lb/91 kg limit
- 1997 won the European Junior Championships at Heavyweight in Birmingham (England), beating Aleksander Jacenko (Ukraine) in the final.
- 2000 competed at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Result was:
- Lost to Jackson Chanet (France) PTS
- 2000 won a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympics at Heavyweight, representing Germany. Results were:
- Defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev (Azerbaijan) PTS (9-4)
- Defeated Mark Simmons (Canada) RSC-3
- Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) PTS (8-19)
- 2001 competed at the World Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland at Heavyweight. Lost the quarterfinal to David Haye on points.
Superheavyweight
- 2002 won a bronze medal at the European Championships at Superheavyweight in Perm, Russia. Results were:
- Defeated Chaba Kurtuts (Hungary) PTS (32-11)
- Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) RSC-4
- 2002 won the Military Championship in Curragh (Ireland), beating Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) in the final 16-7
- 2003 2nd place at the European Union Championships in Strasbourg (France), lost to Modo Sallah (Sweden) by Walkover
- 2003 won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Results were:
- Defeated Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kazakhstan) PTS (20-19)
- Defeated Jaroslav Jaksto(Lithuania) PTS (27-15)
- Lost to Pedro Carrion(Cuba) PTS (18-26)
- 2004 competed at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia. Result was:
- Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) RSC
- 2004 Köber qualified for the Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
- 2004 competed in the Athens Olympics. Result was:
- Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kazakhstan) PTS (18-28)
- 2005 won the Military World Championships in Pretoria, South Africa. Results were:
- Defeated Magomed Abdusalamov (Russia) PTS (16-15)
- Defeated Martin Tcho (Cameroon) PTS (27-2)
- Defeated Jaroslav Jaksto(Lithuania) PTS (14-9)
- Defeated Jack Saye Sr. (USA) PTS (12-5)
Pro
Köber turned pro in 2006, and won his first nineteen fights against unknowns before losing two decisions to extremely limited opponents, one with a losing record.
External links
- News and Pictures of Sebastian Köber[permanent dead link]
- Boxing record for Sebastian Köber from BoxRec (registration required)
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