Khristo Dimitrov Furnigov (; born November 25, 1966, in
Granitovo,
Lovech
Lovech (, ) is a city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast from the capital city of Sofia. Near Lovech are the towns of ...
) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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from
Bulgaria
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, who competed for his native country at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul, South Korea
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. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the Men's Welterweight Division (– 67 kg) by Kenya's eventual gold medalist
Robert Wangila
Robert Napunyi Wangila (3 September 1966 — 24 July 1994) was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He is the only Kenyan Olympic gold medalist outside of athletics and the only boxer from Sub-Sahara ...
.
References
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1966 births
Living people
Welterweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Bulgaria
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Bulgarian male boxers
People from Lovech
Sportspeople from Lovech Province
20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen
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