Enrico Kölling

Enrico Kölling
Personal information
Full name Enrico Kölling
Nationality  Germany
Born (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990[1]
Berlin
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Light Middleweight (2006-2007 in amateur)
Middleweight (2007-2009 in amateur)
Light Heavyweight (2009-present in amateur)
Club SC Berlin[2][3]

Enrico Kölling (occasionally spelled Enrico Koelling[4] or Enrico Kolling) (born 27 February 1990[1]) is a German light heavyweight boxer, fighting out of German capital Berlin, his hometown.[5]

Amateur career

Youth

Enrico Kölling started boxing at the age of 8. One of early steps of him was when he had got the gold medal at German Junior National Championships at the age of 17, in Altentreptow in 2007, as he defeated Alexander Onozke and Dominik Bösel at middle weight division.[6]

Kölling first achieved success on international level in July 2007, when he grasped the bronze medal following his defeat in the middle weight (75 kg) semi final of 2007 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Sambor, Serbia; against Nikola Jovanovic, the only champion of the event from the hosting nation.[7] Following year, 2008, Kölling competed at I. Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships,[8] in which a total of 359 fighters from 68 different countries competed in Guadalajara, Mexico.[9] Beat four of his opponent respectively, Kölling failed to get the gold medal in the middle weight final, scored 4:2 in favour of Rey Eduardo Recio from Cuba.[4][10]

Senior

Moved up a weight division, at the age of 19, Kölling became the German Nationals champion at light heavyweight (81 kg), beating Eugen Schellenberg, Dennis Gördel, Benjamin Schmidt respectively.[11][12]

In May 2011, Kölling secured his spot in German National team to take a side at 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan between 16 September 2011 to 1 October,[13] following his victory against his compatriot Tyron Zeuge at Round Robin Team Tournament in Germany.[14] Kölling have entered into the World Championship as the No.4 seeded athlete at 81 kg. division, passed through bye in first round.[15] Beat Erdenebayar Sandagsuren of Mongolia in 2nd Round on points, he was defeated by eventual winner Julio César la Cruz after 3 rounds by 8–6 on points, in which he qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[16]

At the 2012 Olympics (results) he beat Christian Donfack Adjoufack from Cameroon then lost to Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla 9-12.

Highlights

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Light Heavyweight First BYE
Second Win Mongolia Erdenebayar Sandagsuren 12-4
Third Loss Cuba Julio César la Cruz 6-8

Personal life

Kölling is interested in football and supports Hertha Berlin.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 AIBA. "Profile Preview". Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ↑ Weise, Klaus (2007-11-13). "Wettkämpfe 2007" (in German). boxen-tsc.de. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  3. ↑ "Die Athleten" (in German). sc-berlin.de. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  4. 1 2 "Germany - Turkey Dual Match in Hannover". AIBA. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  5. ↑ Brzezinski, Matthias (2010-10-30). "Berlin wieder Bundesstützpunkt" (in German). Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  6. ↑ "German Junior National Championships - Altentreptow - May 3–5, 2007". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  7. ↑ ".European Junior Championships - Sombor, Serbia - July 8–16, 2007". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2011-05-21. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ "AIBA Youth World Championships - Day 5". AIBA. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  9. ↑ "Deadline closes for 2008 Youth World Championships entries". aiba.org. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  10. ↑ "1.AIBA Youth World Championships - Guadalajara, Mexico - October 25 - November 1, 2008". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  11. ↑ "87.German National Championships - Berlin - October 28–31, 2009". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  12. ↑ "Germany welcomes new young champions". AIBA. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  13. ↑ "AIBA Controlled Event Calendar 2011". AIBA. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  14. ↑ "Round Robin Team Tournament - Germany - May 11–15, 2011" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  15. ↑ "AIBA World Boxing Championships Baku 2011 Men's Light Heavy 81kg Draw Sheet" (PDF). aiba.org. 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  16. ↑ "Last 20 tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games awarded in Baku". AIBA. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
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