Aleksandar Khristov
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| Full name | Александър Иванов Христов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
July 28, 1964 Plovdiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lokomotiv, Plovdiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksandar Khristov (Bulgarian: Александър Христов) (born July 28, 1964) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who became world champion and represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the bantamweight (51 – 54 kg) division. He also won three medals in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, including gold at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Turin, Italy.
Results
1985 European Championships
- Defeated Hermann Leber (Austria) 5:0
- Defeated Relu Nistor (Romania) 5:0
- Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen (Finland) 5:0
- Lost to Ljubiša Simić (Yugoslavia) 1:4
1987 European Championships
- Defeated Mike Devanney (Scotland) RSC-3
- Defeated Ljubiša Simić (Yugoslavia) 5:0
- Defeated René Breitbarth (East Germany) 5:0
- Defeated Yuriy Alexandrov (Soviet Union) 5:0
1988 Summer Olympics
- Defeated Peter Anok (Sudan) 4-1
- Defeated Jung-Il Byun (South Korea) 4-1
- Defeated Jimmy Majanya (Sweden) 5-0
- Defeated Alexander Artemev (Soviet Union) 3-2
- Defeated Jorge Eliecer Julio (Colombia) 3-2
- Lost to Kennedy McKinney (United States) 0-5
1996 Summer Olympics
- Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela) 3-9
References
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