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Ivailo Marinov (Bulgarian: Ивайло Маринов; born 13 July 1960 in Varna, also known as Ismail Mustafov, Ismail Huseinov or Ivailo Khristov) is a Bulgarian boxer of Muslim Romani ancestry, who won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in light flyweight, and the gold medal in the same category at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Ivailo Marinov

Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Light Flyweight
	1980 Moscow	Light Flyweight
World Amateur Championships
	1982 Munich	Light Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
	1981 Tampere	Light Flyweight
	1983 Varna	Light Flyweight
	1989 Athens	Light Flyweight
	1991 Gothenburg	Light Flyweight
	1985 Budapest	Light Flyweight
World Cup
	1981 Montreal	Light Flyweight

Name

Throughout his career, he competed under several different names. Various references provide different and often contradicting information^{[citation needed]} about his exact birth name and what name he used in which competition. The majority of the sources however seem to suggest, that his original name was Ismail Mustafov, Ismail Huseinov or Ismail Mustafov-Huseinov, and his name was forcibly changed to Ivailo Marinov, Ivailo Khristov or Ivailo Marinov-Khristov under the Zhivkov regime.

Amateur career

Besides his Olympics results, Marinov also won the gold medal at the World Championship in 1982.

Marinov also won four gold medals in the European Boxing Championships in 1981, 1983, 1989 and 1991 and a silver medal in 1985.

1980 Olympic results

Below is the record of Ivailo Marinov, a Bulgarian light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics:

• Round of 32: bye
• Round of 16: Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) by decision, 5-0
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) by decision, 5-0
• Semifinal: Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

1988 Olympic results

Below is the record of Ivailo Marinov, a Bulgarian light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul, Olympics:

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: Defeated Mark Epton (Great Britain) by decision, 5-0
• Round of 16: Defeated Henry Martínez (El Salvador) by decision, 5-0
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Alexander Mahmutov (Soviet Union) by decision, 5-0
• Semifinal: Defeated Leopoldo Serantes (Philippines) by decision, 5-0
• Final: Defeated Michael Carbajal (United States) by decision, 5-0 (won gold medal)

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.[1]

References

External links

• Bulgarian Olympic Committee profile

На других языках

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- [en] Ivailo Marinov

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[fr] Ivailo Marinov

Ivailo Marinov est un boxeur bulgare né le 13 juillet 1960 à Varna.

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[it] Ivailo Marinov

Ivailo Marinov (in bulgaro: Ивайло Маринов?; Varna, 13 luglio 1960) è un ex pugile bulgaro, di origine turca. È anche conosciuto come Ismail Mustafov, Ismail Huseinov o Ivailo Khristov. È stato vincitore della medaglia d'oro nella categoria dei pesi mosca leggeri al torneo di pugilato delle Olimpiadi di Seul del 1988 e di bronzo al torneo di pugilato delle Olimpiadi di Mosca del 1980.

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[ru] Маринов, Ивайло

Ивайло Маринов (болг. Ивайло Маринов, также известен как Исмаил Мустафов, Исмаил Гусейнов и Ивайло Христов; род. 13 июля[1] 1960, Варна, Болгария) — болгарский боксёр-любитель, олимпийский чемпион 1988 года, чемпион мира 1982 года, 4-кратный чемпион Европы, обладатель так называемого «большого шлема» любительского бокса.

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