Oleh Stanislavovych Kiryukhin ( uk, Кирюхін Олег Станіславович; born January 1, 1975, in
Mariupol
Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
) is a
Ukrainian
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, who won the
light flyweight bronze medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
.
Olympic results
*Defeated
Abdul Rashid Qambrani (Pakistan) 17-3
*Defeated
Beibis Mendoza (Colombia) 18-6
*Defeated
Albert Guardado
Albert Guardado (born July 11, 1973) is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight division (&ndas ...
(United States) 19-14
*Lost to
Daniel Petrov
Daniel Bozhilov Petrov ( bg, Даниел Божилов Петров) (born 8 September 1971 in Varna) is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the catego ...
(Bulgaria) 8-17
Pro career
Kiryukin began his professional career in 2000 and had limited success, retiring in 2001 with a record of 5-1-0.
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1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mariupol
Olympic boxers of Ukraine
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
Olympic medalists in boxing
Ukrainian male boxers
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Light-flyweight boxers
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