Alexander Nikolov ( bg, Александър Николов) (born 4 March 1940) is a

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from

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. He competed for Bulgaria in the

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held in

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in the light-heavyweight event where he finished in third place.

1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Alexander Nikolov, a Bulgarian light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Bernard Thebault (France) referee stopped contest * Quarterfinal: defeated Sayed Mersal (Egypt) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: lost to Cosimo Pinto (Italy) referee stopped contest

References

1940 births Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers {{Bulgaria-boxing-bio-stub