Sergey Bykovsky (russian: Серге́й Быковский; born May 30, 1972) is a

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from

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 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 ...

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, alongside Bulgaria's

Radoslav Suslekov Radoslav Suslekov ( bg, Радослав Суслеков, born 13 July 1974) is a boxer from Bulgaria. He was born in Burgas. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the first round of the Light welterweight (63.5 kg) divisio ...

. Bykovsky represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

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. There he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Light-Welterweight division by

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Nordine Mouichi Nordine Mouchi (born 3 June 1972) is a French boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and common ...

. He failed to qualify for the

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, finishing in third place at the

3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 20 to April 25, 2004. The top two in each weight category gained qualification into the 2004 Summer Olympics. Medal winners Qualified Flyweight ( ...

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