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{{Short description|Moldovan boxer (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Grimăncăuți]], [[Moldavian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height = 162 cm
| weight = 56 kg
| weight_class = [[Bantamweight]]
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{MDA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2008 Olympic Games|2008 Beijing]] | [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight|Bantamweight]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Amateur Boxing Championships|European Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2011 Ankara]] | Bantamweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2002 Perm]] | Light Flyweight}}
}}

'''Veaceslav Gojan''' (born 18 May 1983) is a [[Moldova]]n [[amateur boxing|amateur boxer]] who won Bantamweight bronze at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Vaeceslav Gojan |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/vaeceslav-gojan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203063214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/vaeceslav-gojan-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, in [[Briceni district|Briceni]] north-west [[Moldova]], and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in [[Chişinău]]. His coach is Petru Caduc.

==Career==
Gojan failed to qualify for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] after ending up in third place at the [[4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament]] in [[Baku, Azerbaijan]].

He qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] by beating [[Germany|German]] boxer [[Rustamhodza Rahimov]] in the semifinal of a European qualifying tournament. 
In Beijing he made it to the semifinal by defeating [[Khavazhi Khatsigov]] (Belarus) 1-1, countback, [[Gu Yu]] (China) 13-6 and [[Akhil Kumar]] (India) 10-3 then he lost to Mongolian [[Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan]] 2:15. ([[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight]])

He won the [[2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships]].
At the [[2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament#Bantamweight|2012 Olympic qualifier]] he lost his first bout vs [[Pavlo Ishchenko]] and didn't make it.

===World Series of Boxing record===
{{BoxingRecordSummary
|ko-wins = 0
|ko-losses = 0
|dec-wins= 7
|dec-losses= 3
}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result
!Record
!Team
!Opponent (Team)
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|10
|{{yes2}}Win
|7–3
|German Eagles
|align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Sean McGoldrick]] (British Lionhearts)
|PTS
|5
|23 Feb 2013
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hanover|Hannover]], Germany
|
|-
|9
|{{no2}}Loss
|6–3
|German Eagles
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts)
|PTS
|5
|9 Feb 2013
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]], United States
|
|-
|8
|{{yes2}}Win
|6–2
|German Eagles
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vittorio Parrinello]] (Italia Thunder)
|TKO
|1 (5)
|18 Jan 2013
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Göppingen]], Germany
|
|-
|7
|{{yes2}}Win
|5–2
|German Eagles
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Simpson (USA Knockouts)
|PTS
|5
|7 Dec 2012
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Göppingen]], Germany
|
|-
|6
|{{yes2}}Win
|4–2
|German Eagles
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vincenzo Picardi]] (Italia Thunder)
|PTS
|5
|17 Nov 2012
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Milan]], Italy
|
|-
|5
|{{no2}}Loss
|3–2
|Milano Thunder
|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Magomed Kurbanov (boxer)|Magomed Kurbanov]] (Baku Fires)
|PTS
|5
|30 Mar 2012
|align=left|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Baku]], Azerbaijan
|
|-
|4
|{{yes2}}Win
|3–1
|Milano Thunder
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Geoffrey dos Santos (Paris United)
|W/O
| -
|5 Mar 2012
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]], France
|
|-
|3
|{{yes2}}Win
|2–1
|Milano Thunder
|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Apichet Petchmanee]] (Bangkok Elephants)
|PTS
|5
|10 Feb 2012
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Milan]], Italy
|
|-
|2
|{{no2}}Loss
|1–1
|Milano Thunder
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rau'shee Warren]] (Los Angeles Matadors)
|PTS
|5
|22 Jan 2012
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], United States
|
|-
|1
|{{yes2}}Win
|1–0
|Milano Thunder
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Edwin Sandoval (Los Angeles Matadors)
|PTS
|5
|18 Nov 2011
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Milan]], Italy
|{{small|[[World Series of Boxing|WSB]] debut}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuroOlyQual2008_1.html Olympic qualifier]
* [http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Olympics/Qualifying%20Events/Europe%201/Scoring%20Sheets/Draw%20Sheet%2054kg.pdf AIBA results for Olympic qualification]
* {{BoxRec|850131}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|veaceslav-gojan}}
* [https://olympic.md/veaceslav-gojan/ Veaceslav Gojan] at [[Olympic.md]] {{in lang|ro}}

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[[Category:Moldovan male boxers]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Bantamweight boxers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic boxers for Moldova]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Moldova]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in boxing]]
[[Category:People from Briceni District]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 2015 European Games]]
[[Category:European Games competitors for Moldova]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova)]]


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