Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, in Briceni north-west Moldova, and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău. His coach is Petru Caduc.
Career Gojan failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after ending up in third place at the 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by beating German boxer Rustamhodza Rahimov in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. In Beijing he made it to the semifinal by defeating Khavazhi Khatsigov (Belarus) 1-1, countback, Gu Yu (China) 13-6 and Akhil Kumar (India) 10-3 then he lost to Mongolian Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan 2:15. (Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight)
He won the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2012 Olympic qualifier he lost his first bout vs Pavlo Ishchenko and didn't make it.
World Series of Boxing record
ResultRecordTeamOpponent (Team)TypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes10Win7–3German Eagles Sean McGoldrick (British Lionhearts)PTS523 Feb 2013 Hannover, Germany9Loss6–3German Eagles Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts)PTS59 Feb 2013 Reno, United States8Win6–2German Eagles Vittorio Parrinello (Italia Thunder)TKO1 (5)18 Jan 2013 Göppingen, Germany7Win5–2German Eagles Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts)PTS57 Dec 2012 Göppingen, Germany6Win4–2German Eagles Vincenzo Picardi (Italia Thunder)PTS517 Nov 2012 Milan, Italy5Loss3–2Milano Thunder Magomed Kurbanov (Baku Fires)PTS530 Mar 2012 Baku, Azerbaijan4Win3–1Milano Thunder Geoffrey dos Santos (Paris United)W/O -5 Mar 2012 Paris, France3Win2–1Milano Thunder Apichet Petchmanee (Bangkok Elephants)PTS510 Feb 2012 Milan, Italy2Loss1–1Milano Thunder Rau'shee Warren (Los Angeles Matadors)PTS522 Jan 2012 Hollywood, United States1Win1–0Milano Thunder Edwin Sandoval (Los Angeles Matadors)PTS518 Nov 2011 Milan, Italy
References
External links Olympic qualifier AIBA results for Olympic qualification