Roman Kapitonenko

{{Short description|Ukrainian boxer}}

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| fullname = Роман Капітоненко

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| nationality = {{Flagu|Ukraine}}

| weight class = Super Heavyweight

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|01|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

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{{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 2008 Liverpool | Super Heavyweight}}

{{MedalBronze| 2010 Moscow | Super Heavyweight}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Amateur Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 2009 Milan | Super Heavyweight}}

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Roman Kapitanenko ({{langx|uk|Роман Анатолійович Капітоненко}}; born 21 January 1981) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the bronze medal at the European Championships 2008. He benefitted from Vyacheslav Glazkov's decision to turn pro. He beat Vladimir Prusa and Yousef Abdelghani before losing his semifinal 4:6 to Kubrat Pulev.

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated Erislandy Savón and Zhang Zhilei, but lost the final to Roberto Cammarelle.

He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Moscow, Russia after he lost to Viktor Zuyev from Belarus in the Semifinals.

References

  • [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships2008.html Euro 2008]
  • [http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/Boxer/10010/Roman-Kapitonenko Profile]

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Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Sumy Oblast

Category:Heavyweight boxers

Category:People from Feodosia

Category:Ukrainian male boxers

Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists

Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen

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