Roberto Cammarelle [en]

Place of birth: Cinisello Balsamo (Milan)
Date of birth: 30 July 1980
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 105 kg
Sport: Boxing
Weight class: Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)
Occupation: Police Officer (rank: Assistente)
Original club: Pugilistica Rocky Marciano
Present club: Fiamme Oro

Roberto Cammarelle started practicing boxing in Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, where he was born on July 30, 1980, from a family originally from Lucania, a district of southern Italy. A family friend took him to a boxing match. He liked it and decided to go to a gym. Soon he was keen on that sport made of sweat and sacrifice and became a boxing enthusiast. He started fighting at the age of 14.

Right from the start he came to the fore, demonstrating superb boxing skills, and already in 1995 won his first Under 16 Italian title.

Roberto entered the national team in 1997 and has been fighting in the Super Heavyweight class (+91 kg) since 2002. He has great technical skills, good timing and elegance: these qualities have made his boxing complete and allowed him to dominate on his weight class. He fights like a perfect left-handed even though he is naturally a right-handed, hence he chose to fight in a southpaw stance encouraged by coach Biagio Pierri, who discovered his talent, early in his competitive career.

Roberto always feels very confident in the boxing ring, being completely aware of his technique and power. He is the undisputed leader of the national team.

Thanks to his enviable record of sports achievements, he is considered as the strongest Super Heavyweight of the last years. His has several great wins under his belt: a bronze medal in Athens 2004 Olympics, a gold medal at the Chicago 2007 World Championships, in the United States, a gold medal in Beijing 2008, and a world title won in Milan in 2009. Roberto was awarded the honours of Knight (Cavaliere) and Commander (Commendatore) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

He joined the police sports group Fiamme Oro in 2000 attaining the rank of "Assistente" for extraordinary merits.

Our champion came back from the London Olympics with a silver medal and thanks to this achievevment he has entered the history of Italian sport having stepped on the Olympic podium three times consecutively, after the bronze medal in Athens and the gold medal in Beijing.

Results

Olympic Games
2012 - London (GB) - Silver
2008 - Beijing (China) - Gold
2004 - Athens (Greece) - Bronze

World Championships
2013 -Almaty (Kazakhstan)- Bronze
2009 - Milan (Italy) - Gold
2007 - Chicago (USA) - Gold
2005 - Myanyang (China) - Bronze

European Championships
2011 - Ankara (Turkey) - Silver
2004 - Pola (Croazia) - Silver
2002 - Perm (Russia) - Silver

Italian Championships
2012 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001- 2000: Italian champion

Mediterranean Games
2013 - Mersin (Turkey) - Gold
2009 - Pescara (Italy) - Gold
2005 - Almeria (Spain) - Gold

European Union Championships
2007 - Dublino (Irland) - Gold
2006 - Pecs (Hungary) - Gold
2005 - Arborea (Italy) - Gold
2004 - Madrid (Spain) - Gold

World Military Championships
2004 - Fort Huachaca (USA) - Gold
2002 - Dublin (Irland) - Silver

International Tournaments
2008 - Kiev (Ukraine) - Gold
2008 - Halle (Germany) - Gold
2007 - Zagreb (Croatia) - Gold
2007 - Plovtiv (Bulgaria) - Bronze
2006 - Porto Torres (Italy) - Gold
2005 - Kiev (Ukraine) - Gold
2005 - Ferrara (Italy) - Gold
2005 - Debrecen (Hungary) - Gold
2004 - Madrid (Spain) - Gold
2004 - Pre-Olympic Tournament (Greece) - Gold
2004 - Kanuas (Lithania) - Gold
2004 - Debrecen (Hungary) - Gold
2003 - Baiamare (Romania) - Gold
2003 - Plovtiv (Bulgaria) - Silver
2003 - Halle (Germany) - Gold
2002 - Italy - Silver
2002 - Nice (France) - Gold
2002 - Pola (Croatia) - Gold
2002 - Athens (Greece) - Gold
2001 - Plovtiv (Bulgaria) - Bronze
2001 - Italy - Bronze
2000 - Cinisello Balsamo (Italy) - Gold

Honours
On the initiative of the President of the Republic Di iniziativa Presidente della Repubblica:
2008 - Commander (Commendatore) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
2004 - Knight (Cavaliere) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

On the iniziative of the CONI:
2008 - Collare d'Oro al Merito Sportivo

Other awards:
2008 - Spiga d'Oro of Cinisello Balsamo municipality (Milan)

Italian version