Serhiy Kovhanko (born March 23, 1974) is a
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
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from
Ukraine, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the
1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from March 30 to April 7. The 31st edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 304 fighters from 35 countries participated this time, was organised by the Europea ...
in
Vejle, Denmark.
Kovganko represented his native country 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, ...
in
Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Flyweight division by
Kazakhstan's eventual silver medalist
Bulat Jumadilov
Bolat Zhumadilov (Болат Жумадилов; born April 22, 1973) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Four years earlier at the 1996 Summer Olympics he ...
.
References
sports-reference
1974 births
Living people
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Ukraine
Ukrainian male boxers
Sportspeople from Mykolaiv
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