Valerian Sokolov

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Gold 1968 Mexico City Bantamweight

Valerian Sergeevich Sokolov (Russian: Валериан Сергеевич Соколов) (born August 30, 1946 in the village of Shikhobylovo, Urmarsky District, Chuvash ASSR) is a former Soviet bantamweight amateur boxer who won the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Games. He trained at Dynamo in Cheboksary. Sokolov became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1968 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1969.[1] During his career he won 196 fights out of 216.[2]

[edit] Olympic results

  • Quartefinals - Defeated Samuel Mbugua (Kenya) 5-0
  • Semifinals - Defeated Eiji Marioka (Japan) 5-0
  • Final - Defeated Eridadi Mukwanga (Uganda) TKO 2

[edit] References

  1. ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 581. 
  2. ^ (Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
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Olympic Champions in Boxing Bantamweight
1904: 105-115 lb (47.6-52.2 kg), 1908: - 116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920-1928: 112-118 lb (50.8-53.5 kg), 1932+1936: 112-119 lb (50.8-54.0 kg), 1948-2004: 51-54 kg
1904: Oliver Kirk • 1908: Henry Thomas • 1920: Clarence Walker • 1924: William H. Smith • 1928: Vittorio Tamagnini • 1932: Horace Gwynne • 1936: Ulderico Sergo • 1948: Tibor Csík • 1952: Pentti Hämäläinen • 1956: Wolfgang Behrendt • 1960: Oleg Grigoryev • 1964: Takao Sakurai • 1968: Valerian Sokolov • 1972: Orlando Martínez • 1976: Gu Yong-Ju • 1980: Juan Hernández • 1984: Maurizio Stecca • 1988: Kennedy McKinney • 1992: Joel Casamayor • 1996: István Kovács • 2000+2004: Guillermo Ortiz
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