Zoltan Lunka
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for Germany | |||
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Olympic Games | |||
Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Flyweight | |
World Amateur Championships | |||
Gold | 1995 Berlin | Flyweight |
Zoltan Lunka (born May 22, 1970 in Mircurea Nira, Romania) was 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.
[edit] Olympic Results
- Defeated Martin Castillo (Mexico) 13-7
- Defeated Ballo Hermensen (Indonesia) 18-12
- Defeated Mehdi Assous (Algeria) 19-6
- Lost to Bolat Dzhumadilov (Kazakhstan) 18-23
[edit] Pro Career
Lunka turned pro in 1996 and had limited success, losing his only defining 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.
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Categories: 1970 births | Living people | Romanian boxers | Hungarian boxers | German boxers | Flyweights | Olympic boxers of Germany | Olympic bronze medalists for Germany | Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Germans of Hungarian descent | Hungarian-Romanians | German boxing biography stubs | German Olympic medalist stubs