Timofey Skryabin (born November 14, 1967, in

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, Moldovan SSR) is a retired boxer from the former

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, who represented his native country at the

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. There he won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 51 kg), one of several Moldovans to win medals at that event. A year later he captured the silver medal in the

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category (– 54 kg) at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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1988 Olympic results

*Round of 64: Defeated Zekaria Williams (Cook Islands) by decision, 5-0 *Round of 32: Defeated Joseph Lawlor (Ireland) by decision, 5-0 *Round of 16: Defeated Andy Agosto (Puerto Rico) by decision, 5-0 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Melvin de Leon (Dominican Republic) by decision, 3-2 *Semifinal: Lost to Kwang-Sun Kim (South Korea) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

databaseOlympics.com

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