Gabriel Dossen

Gabriel Dossen (born 29 November 1999)[1] is an Irish amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 2022 European Championships.[2][3][4]

Gabriel Dossen
Statistics
Nickname(s)Black Assassin
Weight(s)Middleweight
NationalityIrish
Born (1999-11-29) 29 November 1999
Ivory Coast
StanceSouthpaw
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Ireland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 YerevanMiddleweight

Boxing career

Dossen fights out of the southpaw stance.[5] He currently fights under the Olympic Boxing Club in Galway having formerly fought with the Furbo Boxing Club in Spiddal.[4]

Dossen won bronze in the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships as a light welterweight and bronze at the 2017 EUBC European Youth Championships.[6] On 30 May 2022, he won middleweight gold at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.[7][8]

Personal life

Dossen was born in Ivory Coast and moved to Ireland at a young age.[2][9][10][7] He currently lives in the Knocknacarra area of Galway where he works at Tesco and is a business studies student at Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest.

References
  1. "AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2016" (PDF). iba.sport. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. "BoxRec: Login". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. "Gold for Ireland as Ireland's Gabriel Dossen becomes the new European middleweight champion". independent.
  4. "Gold for new European champion Gabriel Dossen". The Irish Times.
  5. Leahy, Ed (23 May 2022). "Dossen opens Ireland account with European win" – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2016. Medallist by Weight Category" (PDF). iba.sport. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  7. Wright, Rob (30 May 2022). "Dossen grabs gold at European Championships" – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Galvin, T. J. (30 May 2022). "Gold for Galway's Gabriel Dossen in European Championships". Irish Examiner.
  9. Casey, Gavan (30 May 2022). "Galway's Gabriel Dossen wins gold at European Championships". The42.
  10. Glennon, Stephen. "Galway fighter floors the odds in lifting Irish crown". connachttribune.ie.
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