Marijo Šivolija
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Full name | Marijo Šivolija-Jelica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Omišalj, Primorje-Gorski | 29 June 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Light Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | BC Rijeka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marijo Šivolija-Jelica (born 29 June 1981 in Omišalj) is a Croatian amateur boxer and two-time Olympian best known to medal repeatedly in international competition at light heavyweight.
He also manages heavyweight boxer Mark de Mori.
Career[]
In 2003 he won a silver medal at the European Championships.
In Athens at the Olympics 2004 he was upset in the first round by Edgar Muñoz.
In 2005 he won a silver medal at the World Championships where he beat Armenian Artak Malumyan 20:10 in the semis but was defeated in the final by Kazakh Yerdos Dzhanabergenov 12:27.
At the Euros he was upset early by Frenchman Mamadou Diambang 23:27.
In 2007 at the World Championships he lost to eventual winner Abbos Atoev in the quarterfinals 6:17.
At the Olympics 2008 he lost his second match to Dzhakhon Kurbanov 1:8.
He has since become the manager of heavyweight boxer Mark de Mori.
External links[]
- World Championships 2005
- Marijo Šivolija at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Croatia
- Living people
- 1981 births
- Sportspeople from Rijeka
- Croatian male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Light-heavyweight boxers
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia
- Croatian sportspeople stubs
- European boxing biography stubs