Aleksandar Khristov (born July 28, 1964) is a retired boxer

Boxing

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 from Bulgaria

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, who became world champion and represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the bantamweight

Bantamweight

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 (51 – 54 kg) division. He also won three medals in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, including gold at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships

1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships

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 in Turin

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, Italy

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.

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
  Ljubiša Simic
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   (Yugoslavia) 1:4

1987 European Championships

• Defeated Mike Devanney (Scotland) RSC-3
• Defeated Ljubiša Simić
  Ljubiša Simic
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   (Yugoslavia) 5:0
• Defeated René Breitbarth
  René Breitbarth
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   (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
  Kennedy McKinney
  Kennedy McKinney is a former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics...
  
   (United States) 0-5

1996 Summer Olympics

• Lost to Carlos Barreto
  Carlos Barreto
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  (Venezuela) 3-9