Vassily Solomin

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Medal record
Vassily Solomin
Vassily Solomin
Men's Boxing
Competitor for the Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze 1976 Montreal Lightweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold 1974 Havana Lightweight

Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin (Russian: Василий Анатольевич Соломин) (January 5, 1953 in PermDecember 28, 1997) in Perm (from famous russian family of Solomin) was a boxer, who represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg), after being beaten in the semifinals by Romania's eventual silver medalist Simion Cutov.

Solomin began training under Yuri Podshivalov in 1969 at Trudovye Rezervy in Perm. He won the world title (the first in Russian sport history) at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba. Since 1975 he represented the Armed Forces sports society, coached by V.Ageev.

[edit] Olympic results

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Hans-Henrik Palm (Denmark) 5-0
  • Defeated Bogdan Gajda (Poland) 5-0
  • Defeated András Botos (Hungary) 5-0
  • Lost to Simion Cutov (Romania) 0-5

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