Georgi_Kostadinov

Georgi Kostadinov

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgarian boxer (born 1950)

For the soccer player, see Georgi Kostadinov (footballer).

Georgi Kostadinov (born 16 January 1950) is a former boxer from Bulgaria. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]

Quick Facts Medal record, Men's boxing ...

Amateur career

Georgi Kostadinov won the Olympic flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria. His results were:

  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: Defeated Jan Balouch (Pakistan) TKO 2
  • Round of 16: Defeated Chris Ius (Canada) by decision, 5–0
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Calixto Perez (Colombia) by decision, 3–2
  • Semifinal: Defeated Leszek Błażyński (Poland) by decision, 5–0
  • Final: Defeated Leo Rwabwogo (Uganda) by decision, 5–0 (won gold medal)

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgi Kostadinov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
Stub icon

This biographical article related to a Bulgarian boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a Bulgarian Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Georgi_Kostadinov, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.