András Botos
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Born | March 6, 1952 Salgótarján, Hungary | (age 72)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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András Botos (born March 6, 1952) is a retired boxer, who won a bronze medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a lightweight boxer.
1972 Olympic results
[edit]Below is the record of András Botos, a Hungarian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:
- Round of 64 - Defeated Nopparat Preecha of Thailand by decision, 5-0
- Round of 32 - Defeated Michael Andrews of Nigeria by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16 - Defeated Louis Self of United States by decision, 3-2
- Quarterfinal - Defeated Royal Kobayashi of Japan by decision, 4-1
- Semifinal - Lost to Boris Kuznetsov of Soviet Union by decision, 0-5 (was awarded a bronze medal)
1976 Olympic results
[edit]Below is the record of András Botos, a Hungarian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: defeated David Ssensonjo (Uganda) by walkover
- Round of 16: defeated Georgios Agrimavakis (Greece) by decision, 4-1
- Quarterfinal: lost to Vassily Solomin (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5
Life after boxing
[edit]He is currently the trainer of Hungarian boxer Vilmos Balog.
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "András Botos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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- 1952 births
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- Sportspeople from Salgótarján
- Olympic boxers for Hungary
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian male boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
- Hungarian boxing biography stubs
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