Valentin Silaghi (born April 19, 1957) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
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from
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, who represented his native country at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
where he won a bronze medal. He also won three national senior titles and a silver and a bronze medal at the
European Amateur Boxing Championships.
Currently he lives in Germany and coaches
Luan Krasniqi.
Amateur career
Silaghi won the bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympic games. His results were:
*1st round bye
*Defeated
Alfred Thomas Alfred Thomas may refer to:
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* Alfred Delavan Thomas (1837-1896), US federal judge
* Alfred Brumwell Thomas (1868-1948), English architect
* Alfred Thomas (boxer)
Alfred Thomas (born 4 August 1949) is a forme ...
(Guyana) 5-0
*Defeated
Mark Kaylor
Mark Kaylor (born 11 May 1961) is a former professional British boxer.
Kaylor was born in Canning Town but from the age of nine was brought up in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. Kaylor won the British schoolboy title the first year he was eligible ...
(Great Britain) 3-2
*Lost to
José Gómez Mustelier
José Gómez Mustelier a.k.a. Jovani Gomez (born January 28, 1959 in Colombia, Cuba) is a retired Cuban boxer, who won the middleweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the final he defeated Viktor Savchenko of the USSR on points (4 ...
(Cuba) 0-5
References
databaseOlympics.com
External links
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1957 births
Living people
Light-middleweight boxers
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Romania
Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
Olympic medalists in boxing
Romanian male boxers
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Cluj County
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