Dimitar Panayotov Shtilianov or Shtilyanov (; born 17 July 1976) is boxer from

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. He won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in

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. Two years later, at the

2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association (AIBA). Medal winn ...

, he won the silver medal in the Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) and won the gold medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Shtilianov represented for Bulgaria at the

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.Olympic results
In February of that year he won the title at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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Olympic results

*Defeated Selçuk Aydın (Turkey) 20-11 *Lost to Amir Khan (Great Britain) 21-37

References

1976 births Living people Olympic boxers for Bulgaria Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Sliven Bulgarian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Light-welterweight boxers Lightweight boxers 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-boxing-bio-stub