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Aleksandar Khristov
Personal information
Full name	Александър Иванов Христов
Nationality	Bulgaria
Born	28 July 1964 (age 60); Plovdiv
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Bantamweight
Club	Lokomotiv, Plovdiv
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Amateur Championships
European Amateur Championships

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.

Results

1985 European Championships

Defeated Hermann Leber (Austria) 5:0
Defeated Relu Nistor (Romania) 5:0
Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen (Finland) 5:0
Lost to Ljubiša Simić (Yugoslavia) 1:4

1987 European Championships

Defeated Mike Devanney (Scotland) RSC-3
Defeated Ljubiša Simić (Yugoslavia) 5:0
Defeated René Breitbarth (East Germany) 5:0
Defeated Yuriy Alexandrov (Soviet Union) 5:0

1988 Summer Olympics

Round of 64: Defeated Peter Anok (Sudan) by decision,4-1
Round of 32: Defeated Jung-Il Byun (South Korea) by decision, 4-1
Round of 16: Defeated Jimmy Majanya (Sweden) by decision, 5-0
Quarterfinal Defeated Alexander Artemev (Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2
Semifinal: Defeated Jorge Eliecer Julio (Colombia) by decision, 3-2
Final: Lost to Kennedy McKinney (United States) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

1996 Summer Olympics

Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela) 3-9

References

databaseOlympics.com
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Khristov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.