Zoltan Lunka
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Full name | Zoltan Lunka | |||||||||||||
Nationality | German, Romanian | |||||||||||||
Born | Miercurea Nirajului, Mureş, Romania | 22 May 1970|||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
Weight class | Flyweight | |||||||||||||
Club | Sportverein Halle | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zoltan Lunka (born 22 May 1970 in Miercurea Nirajului, 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.
Olympic results[]
- 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[]
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[]
- Boxing record for Zoltan Lunka from BoxRec
- Zoltan Lunka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Mureș County
- Romanian male boxers
- Flyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- German male boxers
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Romanian emigrants to Germany
- German people of Romanian descent