Konstantin Buga (born 17 June 1985 in Atbasar,

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental country, transcontinental Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Un ...

) is a German

amateur boxer An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. History ...

best known for qualifying for the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

as a middleweight.

Career

Buga came to Germany in 1996 and received a German passport in 2002. He won the German championships at

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in 2005 but moved up to

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later. He participated in the

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition is under the super ...

and was one of only two German quarterfinalists that qualified directly for the Olympics. He upset local hero Shawn Estrada but lost to the surprise runner-up Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela.

World amateur championships results

*Defeated Tobias Webb (Wales) RSCO 3 *Defeated Jean-Mickaël Raymond (France) 19-8 *Defeated Shawn Estrada (United States) 11-11 *Lost to Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 9-18

Olympic games results

*Lost to

Carlos Góngora Carlos Góngora Mercado (born April 25, 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional boxer who held the IBO super middleweight title between 2020 and December 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio in the me ...

(Ecuador) 7-14Olympic results
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Kazakhstani emigrants to Germany German people of Kazakhstani descent Middleweight boxers 1985 births Living people Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Germany German male boxers 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub