Georgi Kostadinov

Georgi Kostadinov Charalampiew (also Georgi Kostadinov Haralampiev written, Bulgarian Георги Харалампиев Костадинов; born March 3, 1950 in Burgas ) is a former Bulgarian boxer. It was 1972 Olympic champion in the flyweight and is the first Bulgarian Olympic champion in boxing.

Kostadinov took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. There, he won 22 - year gold medal in the flyweight. He won superior to the semi-finals against the Polish champions of 1971, Leszek Błażyński, and in the final against the Ugandan bronze medalist of 1968 in Mexico City, Leo Rwabwogo.

In addition Kostadinov won the 1971 Military Championships of the Eastern Bloc in 1972, Balkan Championships. In 1976 he participated in the Olympic Games in Montreal in part, but already retired in the second round against Alfredo Perez, Venezuela ( 5:0 ), from.

After the games, Georgi Kostadinov graduated from the Bulgarian National Sports Academy in Sofia and became a coach in his hometown club Chernomorets Burgas BK. In the 1980s, he was briefly worked as a boxing trainer in Iraq. 2000 was made an honorary citizen of his home town.

Since 2007 Kostadinov is responsible for cooperation with the sports clubs in the city of Burgas in Burgas Municipality.