Aleksandar Khristov ( bg, Александър Христов) (born 28 July 1964) is a retired boxer from

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, who became world champion and represented his native country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. There he won the silver medal in the

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(51 – 54 kg) division. He also won three medals in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, including gold at the

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. Khristov was the winning boxer in a disputed bantamweight bout in the 1988 Seoul Olympics when he was given a controversial 4-1 victory over South Korean opponent Jung-Il Byun, who refused to leave the ring for over an hour after Khristov was given the verdict.

Results

1985 European Championships *Defeated Hermann Leber (Austria) 5:0 *Defeated Relu Nistor (Romania) 5:0 *Defeated

Jarmo Eskelinen Jarmo Eskelinen (born 17 May 1962) is a Finnish boxer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 19 ...

(Finland) 5:0 *Lost to

Ljubiša Simić Ljubiša Simić ( sr-cyr, Љубиша Симић; born 27 February 1963 in Smederevo, SR Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country: in 1984 and in 1988 Fil ...

(Yugoslavia) 1:4 1987 European Championships *Defeated Mike Devanney (Scotland) RSC-3 *Defeated

(Yugoslavia) 5:0 *Defeated

René Breitbarth Rene Breitbarth (born 24 April 1966 in Mühlhausen) is a former boxer from East Germany who won a Light Flyweight gold medal at the 1985 European Amateur Championships. In 1986, he won the bantamweight silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur ...

(East Germany) 5:0 *Defeated Yuriy Alexandrov (Soviet Union) 5:0 1988 Summer Olympics *Round of 64: Defeated Peter Anok (Sudan) by decision,4-1 *Round of 32: Defeated Jung-Il Byun (South Korea) by decision, 4-1 *Round of 16: Defeated Jimmy Majanya (Sweden) by decision, 5-0 *Quarterfinal Defeated

Alexander Artemev Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Artemev (russian: Александр Владимирович "Саша" Артемьев, be, Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч Арцем'еў; born August 29, 1985) is a retired American artistic gy ...

(Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2 *Semifinal: Defeated Jorge Eliecer Julio (Colombia) by decision, 3-2 *Final: Lost to

Kennedy McKinney Kennedy McKinney (born January 10, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he won the IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles. Military service McKinne ...

(United States) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal) 1996 Summer Olympics *Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela) 3-9

References

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* 1964 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub