Onder Şipal is a Turkish

Turkey

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 amateur boxer

Amateur boxing

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 competing in the welterweight

Welterweight

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 (69 kg) division. He is member of Istanbul

Istanbul

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 Fenerbahçe Boxing

Fenerbahçe Boxing

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 Club.

His brother Onur Şipal

Onur Sipal

Onur Şipal is a Turkish amateur boxer best known to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. At , he weighs . He competes in the lightweight division at Fenerbahçe Boxing.His brother Önder Şipal is also an amateur boxer.-Career:...

 is also an amateur boxer.

Career

Şipal participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

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 in Almería

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, Spain

Spain

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 and won a bronze medal

Bronze medal

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. He boxed a gold medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Turkey at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

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 in Pescara

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, Italy

Italy

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At the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships

2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships

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 held in Plovdiv

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, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, he lost his first match against Ionut Gheorghe

Ionut Gheorghe

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He won the gold medal in welterweight division at the 2010 World University Boxing Championship

2010 World University Boxing Championship

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 held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia

Mongolia

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