Aleksandar Khristov
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| Full name | Александър Иванов Христов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1964 Plovdiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lokomotiv, Plovdiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksandar Khristov (Bulgarian: Александър Христов) (born 28 July 1964) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who became world champion and represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the bantamweight (51 – 54 kg) division. He also won three medals in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, including gold at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Turin, Italy.
Khristov was the winning boxer in a disputed bantamweight bout in the 1988 Seoul Olympics when he was given a controversial 4-1 victory over South Korean opponent Jung-Il Byun, who refused to leave the ring for over an hour after Khristov was given the verdict.