Georgios Stefanopoulos (; born March 31, 1962 in

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) is a former boxer from

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, who participated in two

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for his native country in the men's heavyweight division (– 91 kg), starting in 1984 in

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. He twice won a medal at the European Championships in the early 1990s. Georgios also had some success in

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, winning a gold medal in the Full-Contact heavyweight category at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 1986.

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* 1962 births Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Heavyweight boxers Living people Olympic boxers of Greece Greek male boxers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Athens {{Greece-boxing-bio-stub