Daniel Bozhilov Petrov () (born 8 September 1971 in

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) is a

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n former

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

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category. Petrov began his career in

, Bulgaria, but then went to Slavia (

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). He became a national champion several times. In 1993 he captured the European title in Bursa, Turkey. Two years later, he won the world title at the

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, followed by the European title a year later in Vejle, Denmark.

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 (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. Competing in the 48 kg category he won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games and a silver at the 1996 Summer ...

(Philippines) 19–6

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Daniel 1971 births Living people Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers for 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 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen