Emil Todorov Chuprenski ( bg, Емил Тодоров Чупренски; born 14 September, 1960 in
Sofia
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) is a retired
boxer from
Bulgaria
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, who competed for 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 ...
in
Seoul, South Korea
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. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the Men's Lightweight Division (– 60 kg) by USA's eventual bronze medalist
Romallis Ellis.
References
sports-reference
1960 births
Living people
Lightweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Bulgaria
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Sofia
Bulgarian male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
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