Kirkor Kirkorov

Kirkor Kirkorov

Personal information
Full name	Kirkor Mikhaylov Kirkorian
Nationality	Bulgaria
Born	(1968-03-04) March 4, 1968 Varna
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Featherweight
Club	Chernomore, Varna
Medal record World Amateur Championships 1991 Sydney Featherweight 1989 Moscow Featherweight European Amateur Championships 1989 Athens Featherweight

Kirkor Kirkorov (Bulgarian: Киркор Киркоров; born March 4, 1968, in Varna as Krikor Kirkorian) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, 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 bronze 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.

He is of Armenian descent.

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.