Ivailo Marinov ( bg, Ивайло Маринов; born 13 July 1960 in

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, also known as Ismail Mustafov, Ismail Huseinov or Ivailo Khristov) is a

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ancestry, who won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in light flyweight, and the gold medal in the same category at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Amateur career

Besides his Olympics results, Marinov also won the gold medal at the World Championship in

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. Marinov also won four gold medals in the European Boxing Championships in

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and

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and a silver medal in 1985.

1980 Olympic results

Below is the record of Ivailo Marinov, a Bulgarian light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics: *Round of 32: bye *Round of 16: Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) by decision, 5-0 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) by decision, 5-0 *Semifinal: Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

1988 Olympic results

Below is the record of Ivailo Marinov, a Bulgarian light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul, Olympics: *Round of 64: bye *Round of 32: Defeated

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(Great Britain) by decision, 5-0 *Round of 16: Defeated Henry Martínez (El Salvador) by decision, 5-0 *Quarterfinal: Defeated

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(Soviet Union) by decision, 5-0 *Semifinal: Defeated

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(Philippines) by decision, 5-0 *Final: Defeated

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(United States) by decision, 5-0 (won gold medal)

Honors

He was picked as Bulgaria's No. 1 Boxer of the 20th Century in a survey conducted by the Bulgarian Association of Boxing Journalists.The gloves go on
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References

External links

Bulgarian Olympic Committee profile

1960 births Living people Bulgarian Muslims Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Bulgarian people of Turkish descent Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Sportspeople from Varna, Bulgaria Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Light-flyweight boxers Bulgarian people of Romani descent {{Bulgaria-boxing-bio-stub