Val Barker Trophy

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The Val Barker Trophy is awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games since 1936. The trophy was established in honor of Val Barker, who was the first Honorary Secretary of the Federation Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1920.

Year
Location
Boxer
Nationality
Weight Class
Medal
1936 Berlin Louis Laurie Flag of the United States USA Flyweight Bronze
1948 London George Hunter Flag of South Africa RSA Light Heavyweight Gold
1952 Helsinki Norvel Lee Flag of the United States USA Light Heavyweight Gold
1956 Melbourne Richard McTaggart Flag of the United Kingdom GBR Lightweight Gold
1960 Rome Giovanni Benvenuti Flag of Italy ITA Welterweight Gold
1964 Tokyo Valeri Popenchenko Flag of the Soviet Union URS Middleweight Gold
1968 Mexico City Philip Waruinge Flag of Kenya KEN Featherweight Bronze
1972 Munich Teofilo Stevenson Flag of Cuba CUB Heavyweight Gold
1976 Montréal Howard Davis, Jr. Flag of the United States USA Lightweight Gold
1980 Moscow Patrizio Oliva Flag of Italy ITA Light Welterweight Gold
1984 Los Angeles Paul Gonzales Flag of the United States USA Light Flyweight Gold
1988 Seoul Roy Jones, Jr. Flag of the United States USA Light Middleweight Silver
1992 Barcelona Roberto Balado Flag of Cuba CUB Super Heavyweight Gold
1996 Atlanta Vassiliy Jirov Flag of Kazakhstan KAZ Light Heavyweight Gold
2000 Sydney Oleg Saitov Flag of Russia RUS Welterweight Gold
2004 Athens Bakhtiyar Artayev Flag of Kazakhstan KAZ Welterweight Gold