Adem Kılıççı
Adem Kılıççı (pronounced:; born March 5, 1986) is a Turkish amateur boxer in the middleweight division. At 1.85:m (6.1:ft), he weighs 75:kg (165:lb). He is currently a member of the Fenerbahçe Boxing Club in Istanbul. On 1 February 2017, the IOC disqualified Kılıççı from the 2012 Olympic Games due to an adverse test for turinabol, a finding from the IOC's 2016 wave of retesting of samples from previous Games. Kılıççı had ranked 5th in men's 69–75:kg boxing.
Contents
- 1 Welterweight
- 2 Middleweight
- 2.1 Compe*ions
- 3 References
Welterweight
Kılıççı won a silver medal at the 2004 World University Boxing Championship in Antalya, Turkey.
Kılıççı participated at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Chicago, USA and won the bronze medal at welterweight.
At the 2008 Olympics he was upset in the first round by British boxer Billy Joe Saunders 3:14 and decided to move up to middleweight.
Middleweight
In 2009, Kılıcı gained the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy losing to Rachid Hamani in the final.
He won the silver medal at the 2011 European Amaetur Championships held in Ankara, Turkey losing to Maxim Koptyakov (RUS).
At the 2012 Olympics he defeated Nursahat Pazziyev and Aleksandar Drenovak then lost 13:17 to Ryōta Murata. But he tested positive for * turinabol after re-*ysis of his samples, and was disqualified. He won a gold medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.