Vladimir Kolev

Vladimir Kolev ( born April 18, 1953) is a former Bulgarian boxer.

Career

In the youth level ( U19) Kolev won in 1970 in the lightweight (-60 kg), the championships of the Soviet bloc, the so-called friendly tournament in Vidin.

In 1972, Kolev welterweight ( -67 kg ) at the Olympic Games in Munich in part, however, different in the preliminary round against David Jackson, Uganda ( 4:1), from. Later that year he won the Police Championships of the Soviet bloc in the light welterweight ( -63.5 kg ).

In the Balkan Championships 1973 Kolev won the gold medal, and shortly thereafter at the European Championships, the bronze medal in the welterweight division. 1975 Kolev was again Balkan champion in the light welterweight division, but different at the European Championships in the same year in the first battle against the European champion from 1971 Ulrich Beyer, DDR ( TKO 3 ), from.

1976 started Kolev for the second time in the Olympics and reached after beating Tai Shik Park, South Korea (5-0 ), Ernst Müller (5:0), and Calis Trat Cutov, Romania (5-0 ), the semi-finals, which he against Andres Aldama, Cuba (KO 1 ), lost and thus won the Olympic bronze medal.

After this the biggest success of his career Kolev won two more times, the police of the Eastern Bloc championships (1978 and 1979 ) before he ended his career.

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  • Boxer ( Bulgaria)
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  • Born in 1953
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1973 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1975 European Amateur Boxing Championships 1971 European Amateur Boxing Championships East Germany Andrés Aldama
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