Vilmos Balog (born 21 February 1975) is a Hungarian former

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who competed from 2005 to 2010. As an amateur, he represented his country at the

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Amateur career

At the 2004 Olympics in

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, he was stopped in the second round of the men's welterweight division (– 69 kg) by Colombia's Juan Camilo Novoa. Coached by former Olympian boxer

András Botos András Botos (born March 6, 1952) is a retired boxer, who won a bronze medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a lightweight boxer. 1972 O ...

he qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the

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. In the final he defeated Ukraine's

Viktor Polyakov Viktor Lvovych Polyakov (born September 29, 1981 in Perm, Russia) is a boxer from Ukraine, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest c ...

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1975 births Living people Hungarian male boxers Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Hungary People from Mezőkövesd Sportspeople from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{hungary-boxing-bio-stub