- Ivailo Marinov
Ivailo Marinov ( _bg. Ивайло Маринов) (born Ismail Mustafov on
July 12 ,1960 inVarna ) is aBulgaria n boxer, who won the bronze medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 in thelight flyweight category (– 48kg), and the gold medal in the same category at the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea againstMichael Carbajal .Amateur career
He won gold medals in the [http://www.eaba.org/ European Boxing Championships] in 1981, 1983, 1989 and 1991 and silver medalist in 1985. He won the World Cup [http://www.amateur-boxing.vip.interia.pl/Championships/WorldCup1981.html] in the 48kg category in 1981 and the world title at the
1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships . [http://amateur-boxing.w.interia.pl/WorldChamps1982.html]He won the Olympic bronze medal in Moscow under his birth name Ismail Mustafov and won Olympic gold in Seoul under the name Ivailo Marinov Khristov. His name was forcibly changed to Marinov under the Zhivkov regime.
Olympic results
1980
*1st round bye
*DefeatedGerard Hawkins (Great Britain) 5-0
*DefeatedAhmed Siad (Algeria) 5-0
*LostHipolito Ramos (Cuba) 1-41988
*1st round bye
*DefeatedMark Epton (Great Britain) 5-0
*DefeatedHenry Martinez (El Salvador) 5-0
*DefeatedAlexander Mahmutov (Soviet Union) 5-0
*DefeatedLeopoldo Serantes (Philippines) 5-0
*DefeatedMichael Carbajal (United States) 5-0Honors
He was picked as Bulgaria's No. 1 Boxer of the 20th Century in a survey conducted by the Bulgarian Association of Boxing Journalists. [http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/the-gloves-go-on/id_4893/catid_34/search_1]
External links
* [http://www.bgolympic.org/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0021&n=000136&g=&vis=000031 Bulgarian Olympic Committee profile]
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