Aleksandar Khristov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Aleksandar Khristov

Bulgarian boxer

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1964

Place of Birth: Plovdiv, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Aleksandar Khristov

  • Aleksandar Khristov (Bulgarian: ?????????? ???????) (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.

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