Svilen Aldinov Rusinov (Bulgarian: Свилен Алдинов Русинов; born February 29, 1964, in Teteven) is a Bulgarian boxer, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics for his native country. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. He also won the European Championship in 1993 and was twice runner up in the World Amateur Championships.
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| Full name | Свилен Алдинов Русинов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 29, 1964 Gradezhnitsa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Super Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Central Sport Klub Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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During his extensive amateur career Rusinov consistently competed at the highest level and boxed a number of amateur and future professional boxing greats. He holds wins over Vitali Klitschko and 3 times Olympic champion Felix Savon, as well as a close loss to Wladimir Klitschko. In an interview he stated that his toughest opponent was Roberto Balado, the 1992 Olympic champion from Cuba[1].
Olympic results
edit1988
- 1st round bye
- Lost to Andrew Golota (Poland) 0-5
1992
- 1st round bye
- Defeated István Szikora (Hungary) 12-4
- Defeated Willi Fischer (Germany) 8-5
- Lost to Richard Igbineghu (Nigeria) 7-9
Post amateur career
editRusinov turned pro in 1999 and fought only one fight, which he won, before retiring. He has stated that in the post-communist years he did not have the opportunity to turn professional. He briefly became a boxing coach at the CSKA club, working amongst others with future professional world title challenger Kubrat Pulev.
Rusinov subsequently became a farmer and mayor of his native village of Gradezhnitsa.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Svilen Rusinov from BoxRec (registration required)
- sports-reference
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