Radoslav Suslekov ( bg, Радослав Суслеков, born 13 July 1974) is a
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
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from
Bulgaria.
He was born in
Burgas.
At the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
he was stopped in the first round of the Light welterweight (63.5 kg) division by Iran's
Babak Moghimi
Babak Moghimi ( fa, بابک مقیمی; born 1 January 1978) is an Iranian boxer. He competed at the 1996 summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the ...
. Suslekov had won bronze medals in the same division earlier, at the
1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the
1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from March 30 to April 7. The 31st edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 304 fighters from 35 countries participated this time, was organised by the Europea ...
.
References
1974 births
Living people
Welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Bulgaria
Sportspeople from Burgas
Bulgarian male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
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