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Aug 24 (Reuters) – Factbox on Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) who won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s super-heavyweight boxing on Sunday.

Age: 28 (date of birth: July 30, 1980)

Place of birth: Milan, Italy

Career achievements:

Gold medallist, 2007 World Championships, super-heavyweight

Bronze medallist, 2005 World Championships, super-heavyweight

Previous Olympic results:

Bronze medallist, 2004 Olympics, super-heavyweight

World champion Cammarelle, who is a police officer, became Italy’s first Olympic boxing champion since Giovanni Parisi won featherweight gold in 1988 in Seoul. (Compiled by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Lars Janssen)