Aleksandar Khristov ( bg, Александър Христов) (born 28 July 1964) is a retired

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from

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, who became world champion and represented his native country at the

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. There he won the silver medal in the

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(51 – 54 kg) division. He also won three medals in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, including gold at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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. Khristov was the winning boxer in a disputed bantamweight bout in the 1988 Seoul Olympics when he was given a controversial 4-1 victory over South Korean opponent

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, who refused to leave the ring for over an hour after Khristov was given the verdict.

Results

1985 European Championships *Defeated Hermann Leber (Austria) 5:0 *Defeated Relu Nistor (Romania) 5:0 *Defeated

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(Finland) 5:0 *Lost to Ljubiša Simić (Yugoslavia) 1:4 1987 European Championships *Defeated

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(Scotland) RSC-3 *Defeated Ljubiša Simić (Yugoslavia) 5:0 *Defeated

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(East Germany) 5:0 *Defeated

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(Soviet Union) 5:0 1988 Summer Olympics *Round of 64: Defeated

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(Sudan) by decision,4-1 *Round of 32: Defeated

(South Korea) by decision, 4-1 *Round of 16: Defeated

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(Sweden) by decision, 5-0 *Quarterfinal Defeated

Alexander Artemev Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Artemev (russian: Александр Владимирович "Саша" Артемьев, be, Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч Арцем'еў; born August 29, 1985) is a retired American artistic g ...

(Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2 *Semifinal: Defeated

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(Colombia) by decision, 3-2 *Final: Lost to

Kennedy McKinney Kennedy McKinney (born January 10, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he won the IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles. Military service McKinn ...

(United States) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal) 1996 Summer Olympics *Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela) 3-9

References

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* 1964 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub