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| Born | 5 January 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sevda Asenova (born 5 January 1985) [1] is a Bulgarian boxer. [2] She competed at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, being awarded the bronze medal in the minimumweight event. [3] [4] Asenova was the first and only person of her country to win a medal. [3]
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