Rolandas Jasevicius
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Rolandas Jasevicius is a male boxer
from Lithuania
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He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics
. There he was stopped in the first round of the welterweight (69 kg)
division by Turkmenistan's Aliasker Bashirov
.
Jasevicius won a bronze medal in the same division six months earlier, at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
in Pula, Croatia.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
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He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...
. There he was stopped in the first round of the welterweight (69 kg)
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Welterweight
The Welterweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-heaviest class. Welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing more than 69 kilograms.-Participants:...
division by Turkmenistan's Aliasker Bashirov
Aliasker Bashirov
Aliasker Bashirov is an amateur boxer from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan who fought at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics at welterweight.In 2004 he beat Rolandas Jasevicius but lost his second match to eventual winner Bakhtiyar Artayev...
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Jasevicius won a bronze medal in the same division six months earlier, at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 292 fighters from 41 countries competed at these...
in Pula, Croatia.