Ivailo Marinov
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Competitor for  Bulgaria |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Light Flyweight | |
| Gold | 1988 Seoul | Light Flyweight | |
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 1982 Munich | Light Flyweight | |
| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 1989 Athens | Light Flyweight | |
| Gold | 1991 Gothenburg | Light Flyweight | |
Ivailo Marinov (Bulgarian: Ивайло Маринов) (born Ismail Mustafov on July 12, 1960 in Varna) is a Bulgarian boxer, who won the bronze medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 in the light flyweight category (– 48kg), and the gold medal in the same category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea against Michael Carbajal.
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[edit] Amateur career
He won gold medals in the European Boxing Championships in 1981, 1983, 1989 and 1991 and silver medalist in 1985. He won the World Cup[1] in the 48kg category in 1981 and the world title at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships.[2]
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.
[edit] Olympic Results
1980
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Great Britain) 5-0
- Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) 5-0
- Lost Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) 1-4
1988
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Mark Epton (Great Britain) 5-0
- Defeated Henry Martinez (El Salvador) 5-0
- Defeated Alexander Mahmutov (Soviet Union) 5-0
- Defeated Leopoldo Serantes (Philippines) 5-0
- Defeated Michael Carbajal (United States) 5-0
[edit] Honors
He was picked as Bulgaria's No. 1 Boxer of the 20th Century in a survey conducted by the Bulgarian Association of Boxing Journalists.[3]
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