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Aleksandar Khristov

Bulgarian boxer

· 알렉산더르 흐리스토프

Born
28 July 1964, Plovdiv
Citizenship
Bulgaria
Sport
boxing
Discipline
bantamweight
Occupation
boxer
Height
170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight
54 kg (119 lb)

Aleksandar Khristov (Bulgarian: Александър Христов) (born 28 July 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.

Khristov was the winning boxer in a disputed bantamweight bout in the 1988 Seoul Olympics when he was given a controversial 4–1 victory over South Korean opponent Jung-Il Byun, who refused to leave the ring for over an hour after Khristov was given the verdict.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships
1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships
1988 Summer Olympics1988
1996 Summer Olympics1996

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q620406 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.