Zvonimir Vujin: Boxing Career and Key Results
Zvonimir “Zvonko” Vujin (28 June 1943–8 December 2019) was a Yugoslav boxer from Zrenjanin. Olympedia records his birth and death dates and Olympic career, including bronze medals in 1968 as a lightweight and in 1972 as a light-welterweight.
Vujin won gold in the lightweight division at the 1967 Mediterranean Games; Olympedia’s athlete record lists the medal. He also won silver at the 1967 European Championships in Rome, where he lost the lightweight final to Józef Grudzień. The event results record Vujin’s route to the final and the 5–0 decision.
Those results capped a strong amateur career for a boxer who represented Yugoslavia. His Olympic medals came in different divisions: lightweight at Mexico City in 1968 and light-welterweight at Munich in 1972, as shown in Olympedia’s results table. Vujin’s record remains part of the history of boxing in Yugoslavia and Serbia.
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- Olympedia: Zvonko Vujin
- 1967 European Championships results
At Munich in 1972, Vujin opened against Tanzania’s Robert Mwakosya and advanced when the referee stopped the contest. He then defeated Mongolia’s Sodnomyn Gombo by decision, earning a quarterfinal meeting with Britain’s Graham Moughton. Another points victory secured his second Olympic medal and a place in the semifinals.
His run ended against the United States’ Ray Seales, who went on to win gold. Vujin shared bronze with Niger’s Issaka Daboré, while Bulgaria’s Angel Angelov took silver. The bracket placed Vujin among the last four in a field of thirty-two boxers, four years after his first Olympic podium finish.
His international medal record also extended further back than the 1967 successes. In 1963, he won Mediterranean Games bronze at featherweight before moving up to lightweight and later light-welterweight. That progression across three categories provides a useful outline of his development: early regional recognition, continental success and repeat Olympic medals at successively heavier weights.
Additional source: Olympedia’s Munich 1972 light-welterweight bracket.
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Zvonimir Vujin, Boxing, Sports History
