Daniel Bozhilov Petrov ( bg, Даниел Божилов Петров) (born 8 September 1971 in

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) is a

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. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the category Light

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. Petrov began his career in

, Bulgaria, but then went to Slavia (

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). He became a champion of the country several times. In 1993 he captured the European title in

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. Two years later he won the world title at the

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, followed by the European title a year later in

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Olympic results

1992 *Defeated

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(Puerto Rico) 10-7 *Defeated

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(North Korea) RSC 3 (1:09) *Defeated

Pál Lakatos Pál Lakatos (born 7 June 1968 in Vásárosnamény) is a retired boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia). He once won the silver medal at the Europe ...

(Hungary) 17-8 *Defeated

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(Germany) 15-9 *Lost to

Rogelio Marcelo Rogelio Marcelo García (born June 11, 1965 in Guantánamo) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the early 1990s. Marcelo lost in 1989 and 1991 at the world championships finals to A ...

(Cuba) 10-20 1996 *1st round bye *Defeated

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(Armenia) 11-5 *Defeated

Somrot Kamsing Somrot Kamsing ( th, สมรถ คำสิงห์, born 1971-09-24) is a retired male boxer from Thailand, who competed for his Asian country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. An older brother of Somluck Kamsing, he was defeated in Atlanta, Ge ...

(Thailand) 18-6 *Defeated

Oleg Kiryukhin Oleh Stanislavovych Kiryukhin ( uk, Кирюхін Олег Станіславович; born January 1, 1975, in Mariupol) is a Ukrainian boxer, who won the light flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Olympic results *Defeated Ab ...

(Ukraine) 17-8 *Defeated

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(Philippines) 19-6

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Daniel 1971 births Living people Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Sportspeople from Varna, Bulgaria Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics