Svetomir Belić

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Svetomir Belić
Born
Svetomir Beljić

(1946-11-02) 2 November 1946 (age 77)
NationalitySerbian
Other namesBelka
Statistics
Weight(s)Light middleweight
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
StanceOrthodox
Svetomir Belić
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 1971 Madrid Light Middleweight

Svetomir Belić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светомир Белић; born 2 November 1946 as Svetomir Beljić[1]) is a former Serbian boxer.

Career

In 1971, as a member of the Boxing Club Partizan Belgrade, he won the silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.[2]

He represented Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Anthony Richardson of the Netherlands in a second round bout in the light-middleweight division.

1972 Olympic record

Below is the record of Svetomir Belic, a Yugoslavian light middleweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:

  • Round of 64: defeated Dumar Fall (Senegal) by decision, 4-1
  • Round of 32: lost to Anthony Richardson (Netherlands) by decision, 2-3

He has been called a "legend of Serbian boxing."[3]

He retired in 1980 at age 33 and has been coaching ever since.

References

  1. ^ Slobodan Momčilović, Tempo (1991-07-03). "Šampionu ukrali i prezime! - Tempo #1323, pgs. 30-31". {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ Amateur-Boxing. "1979 national champions statistics". Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  3. ^ Dnevni list Danas (2009-04-02). "Polufinale Beogradskog pobednika u Požarevcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2011-11-30.

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