Kirkor Kirkorov
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| Full name | Kirkor Mikhaylov Kirkorian | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 4, 1968 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Chernomore, Varna | |||||||||||||||||
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Kirkor Kirkorov (Bulgarian: Киркор Киркоров; born March 4, 1968, as Krikor Kirkorian) is a retired Bulgarian boxer who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Featherweight Division (– 57 kg) by Germany's eventual gold medalist Andreas Tews.
Kirkorov also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round before falling to South Korea's Lee Jae-Hyuk. He won the world title in his weight division in 1991, after having claimed the silver medal two years earlier in Moscow.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kirkor Kirkorov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
1974–2009, 2019–present: up to 57 kg | |
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Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian male boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Bulgaria
- Sportspeople from Varna, Bulgaria
- Bulgarian people of Armenian descent
- Armenian male boxers
- IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
- 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen
- Bulgarian boxing biography stubs
- Bulgarian Olympic medalist stubs