Yakup Kılıç
Yakup Kılıç is a Turkish boxer in the featherweight discipline. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club.
Career
Kılıç participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and won bronze medal. He boxed another bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.At the European Championships 2006 he lost his first bout against Irish Eric Donovan 29:33.
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Chicago, United States, he won a bronze medal
and qualified for the 2008 Olympics. He did so by beating Arash Usmanee of Canada by a slim one point margin 20–19.
At the Olympics 2008 he lost his semifinal to Vasyl Lomachenko and won Bronze.
Olympic Games results
2008- 1st round bye
- Defeated Satoshi Shimizu 12-9
- Defeated Abdelkader Chadi 13-6
- Lost to Vasyl Lomachenko 1-10
World Championships results
2005- Defeated Aboubakr Seddik Lbida 29-20
- Lost to Berik Serikbayev 25-29
- Defeated Pablo Figuls RSCO 3
- Defeated Arash Usmanee 20-19
- Defeated Sailom Ardee 22-13
- Lost to Albert Selimov walk-over