Jyri Göran Kjäll (born 13 January 1969) is a Finnish former boxer who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year later he captured the silver medal at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland.
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Full name | Jyri Göran Kjäll | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Finland | ||||||||||||||
Born | Seinäjoki[1] | 13 January 1969||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Weight class | Light Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
Club | Porin NMKY | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kjäll turned pro in 1994, moved to Florida,[2] and had limited success. Although he retired in 2002 with a career record with 23-1-0 with 18 KO's and fought frequently in the US, his career never built up momentum for a title shot. His lone defeat was a 1st-round TKO to future contender Juan Carlos Candelo.
References
edit- ^ Jyri Kjäll at Olympedia
- ^ Kanerva, Juha (13 January 2019). "Nyrkkeilyn olympiamitalisti Jyri Kjäll täyttää 50 vuotta – Barcelonan ikimuistoinen tokaisu jäi elämään". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
Vuonna 1994 Kjäll riisui paitansa ja muutti Floridaan.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Jyri Kjäll from BoxRec (registration required)
- Profile on Scandinavian Boxing
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