Dmitry Usagin (; born January 31, 1978) is a

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from

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, who competed for his native country at the

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. Usagin is best known for winning the bronze medal at

2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 13 to 21. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the state ...

in the Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) division, alongside Yugoslavia's

Nikola Sjekloća Nikola Sjekloća (born 10 July 1978) is a Serbian-born Montenegrin professional boxer. In 2003, he won the bronze medal in the 75 kg category at the 12th Senior World Boxing Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. He lost to Andy Lee of Limerick ...

. He failed to qualify for the

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, finishing in third place at the

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1978 births Living people Light-middleweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Bulgaria Sportspeople from Chișinău Bulgarian male boxers Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-boxing-bio-stub