Georgi Kostadinov
Encyclopedia
Georgi Kostadinov (born March 3, 1950) is a former boxer
from Bulgaria
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Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Amateur career
Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria. His results were:- 1st round bye
- Defeated Jan Balouch (Pakistan) TKO 2
- Defeated Chris IusChris IusChris Ius is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round.-Boxing Club:...
(Canada) 5-0 - Defeated Calixto PerezCalixto PérezCalixto Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics...
(Colombia) 3-2 - Defeated Leszek Błażyński (Poland) 5-0
- Defeated Leo RwabwogoLeo RwabwogoLeo Rwabwogo was a boxer from Uganda, who won a total number of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division . He did so in 1968 and 1972. As of 2008, he was the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.-References:**...
(Uganda) 5-0