Georgi Kostadinov (born 16 January 1950) is a former

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from

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. He competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

and the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

Amateur career

Georgi Kostadinov won the Olympic flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria. His results were: *Round of 64: bye *Round of 32: Defeated Jan Balouch (Pakistan) TKO 2 *Round of 16: Defeated

Chris Ius Chris Ius (born January 14, 1954, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian boxer, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round. Boxing C ...

(Canada) by decision, 5–0 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Calixto Perez (Colombia) by decision, 3–2 *Semifinal: Defeated Leszek Błażyński (Poland) by decision, 5–0 *Final: Defeated Leo Rwabwogo (Uganda) by decision, 5–0 (won gold medal)

References

External links

databaseOlympicsInterview with Georgi Kostadinov

1950 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Sportspeople from Burgas Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub