Daniel Bozhilov Petrov ( bg, Даниел Божилов Петров) (born 8 September 1971 in Varna) is a

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n boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the category Light

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. Petrov began his career in Varna, Bulgaria, but then went to Slavia (

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). He became a champion of the country several times. In 1993 he captured the European title in

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. Two years later he won the world title at the

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, followed by the European title a year later in

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Olympic results

1992 *Defeated Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico) 10-7 *Defeated O Song-chol (North Korea) RSC 3 (1:09) *Defeated Pál Lakatos (Hungary) 17-8 *Defeated Jan Quast (Germany) 15-9 *Lost to

Rogelio Marcelo Rogelio Marcelo García (born June 11, 1965 in Guantánamo) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the early 1990s. Marcelo lost in 1989 and 1991 at the world championships finals to ...

(Cuba) 10-20 1996 *1st round bye *Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia) 11-5 *Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand) 18-6 *Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine) 17-8 *Defeated

Mansueto Velasco Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is a Filipino retired boxer, comedian and actor from Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Competing in the 48 kg category he won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games and a silver at th ...

(Philippines) 19-6

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Daniel 1971 births Living people Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Bulgaria Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Sportspeople from Varna, Bulgaria Olympic medalists in boxing Bulgarian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics