George Stankovich
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Full name | George Ian Stankovich | |||||||||||||
Relatives | Andy Stankovich (brother) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
Weight class | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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George Ian Stankovich is a former New Zealand boxer.
Stankovich won a bronze medal for his country in the heavyweight division at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[1] He won his first bout against the Kenyan boxer Joseph Kabegi, but then lost in the semifinal against the eventual gold medallist, Julius Awome from England.[2]
References[]
- ^ "George Stankovich". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand boxers results at the Empire & Commonwealth Games". Boxing New Zealand. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
Categories:
- Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- New Zealand male boxers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Heavyweight boxers
- Living people
- Oceanian boxing biography stubs
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs