Dejan Zavec
Slovenian boxer
ジャン・ザベック
- Born
- 13 March 1976, Trdobojci
- Citizenship
- Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- light middleweight, welterweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Dejan Zavec (born 13 March 1976), best known as Jan Zaveck, is a Slovenian former professional boxer and a former politician who competed from 2003 to 2015. He held the IBF welterweight title from 2009 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBA super-welterweight title in 2015. Zaveck was the first Slovenian boxer to have held a world title, and was named Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year in 2010. From May 2022 to September 2023, he served as a member of the Slovenian National Assembly.
Awards and honours
- Bloudek award
- Bloudek badge
- Decoration of Merit
- IBF World Welterweight Champion
- Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year
External links
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