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{{short description|Bulgarian boxer}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)|
| name=Daniel Petrov
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| fullname = Даниел Божинов Петров 
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| nationality = Bulgarian
| weight class = [[Light Flyweight]]
| club = Slavia Club 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|9|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]], [[Bulgarian People's Republic|Bulgaria]]
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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|48|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight|Light Flyweight]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight|Light Flyweight]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1995 Berlin]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1993 Tampere]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1991 Sydney]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1997 Budapest]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Amateur Boxing Championships|European Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1993 Bursa]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalGold| [[1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1996 Vejle]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1991 Gothenburg]] | Flyweight}}
}}

'''Daniel Bozhilov Petrov''' ({{langx|bg|Даниел Божилов Петров}}) (born 8 September 1971 in [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]) is a [[Bulgaria]]n former [[boxing|boxer]]. He won a silver medal at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona Olympics in 1992]] and a gold medal at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta Olympics in 1996]] in the Light [[Flyweight]] category.

Petrov began his career in [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]], Bulgaria, but then went to [[Slavia Sofia Sports Club|Slavia]] ([[Sofia]]). He became a national champion several times. In 1993 he captured the European title in [[1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships|Bursa, Turkey]]. Two years later, he won the world title at the [[1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships]] in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], followed by the European title a year later in [[1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships|Vejle, Denmark]].

==Olympic results==
'''1992'''
*Defeated [[Nelson Dieppa]] (Puerto Rico) 10–7
*Defeated [[O Song-chol]] (North Korea) RSC 3 (1:09)
*Defeated [[Pál Lakatos]] (Hungary) 17–8
*Defeated [[Jan Quast]] (Germany) 15–9
*Lost to [[Rogelio Marcelo]] (Cuba) 10–20

'''1996'''
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Nshan Munchyan]] (Armenia) 11–5
*Defeated [[Somrot Kamsing]] (Thailand) 18–6
*Defeated [[Oleg Kiryukhin]] (Ukraine) 17–8
*Defeated [[Mansueto Velasco]] (Philippines) 19–6

==References==
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/daniel-bozhinov-1.html |title=Daniel Bozhinov |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106041220/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/daniel-bozhinov-1.html |archivedate=2009-01-06 }}

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