Zoltan Lunka
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| Full name | Zoltan Lunka | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German, Romanian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 1970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
| Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sportverein Halle | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zoltan Lunka (born 22 May 1970 in Miercurea Nirajului, Romania) is a professional boxer, who won a Flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany. A year earlier, at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, he captured the world title.
Olympic results
[edit]- Defeated Martín Castillo (Mexico) 13–7
- Defeated Hermensen Ballo (Indonesia) 18–12
- Defeated Mehdi Assous (Algeria) 19–6
- Lost to Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan) 18–23
Pro career
[edit]Lunka turned pro in 1996, losing his only notable fight, against WBO Flyweight Title holder Fernando Montiel. Montiel won by TKO in the 7th. Lunka retired after the bout with a record of 21–2–0.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Zoltan Lunka from BoxRec (registration required)
- Zoltan Lunka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mureș County
- Romanian male boxers
- Flyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- German male boxers
- IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Romanian emigrants to Germany
- German people of Romanian descent
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen