Konstantin Buga (born 17 June 1985 in Atbasar,

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

) is a German

amateur boxer Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics as a middleweight.

Career

Buga came to Germany in 1996 and received a German passport in 2002. He won the German championships at

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...

in 2005 but moved up to middleweight later. He participated in the

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition is under the supe ...

and was one of only two German quarterfinalists that qualified directly for the Olympics. He upset local hero

Shawn Estrada Shawn Estrada (born April 1, 1985) is an undefeated Mexican American professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division and was a U.S. Olympian at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Estrada ran for the city council in Commerce, California. Early li ...

but lost to the surprise runner-up Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela.

World amateur championships results

*Defeated Tobias Webb (Wales) RSCO 3 *Defeated Jean-Mickaël Raymond (France) 19-8 *Defeated

(United States) 11-11 *Lost to Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 9-18

Olympic games results

*Lost to Carlos Góngora (Ecuador) 7-14Olympic results
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Kazakhstani emigrants to Germany German people of Kazakhstani descent Middleweight boxers 1985 births Living people Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Germany German male boxers {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub