Danas Pozniakas
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| Men's Boxing | ||
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1968 Mexico City | Light Heavyweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1963 Moscow | Light Heavyweight |
| | 1965 Berlin | Light Heavyweight |
| | 1967 Rome | Light Heavyweight |
| | 1969 Bucharest | Light Heavyweight |
Danas Pozniakas (October 19, 1939 – February 4, 2005) was a Lithuanian boxer who competed for the Soviet Union.
He was born near Białystok and died in Vilnius.
In 1968 he won the Olympic gold medal in the light heavyweight class.
His family moved to Vilnius in the 1950s. From 1959 to 1966 he trained at the Armed Forces sports society, and from 1968 to 1969 for Trudovye Rezervy sports society in Vilnius. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1965 and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1969.[1] During his career Pozniakas won 203 fights out of 217. Since 1974 he was an AIBA International Referee.[2]
Olympic results
1968
- Quarterfinals - Jürgen Schlegel (East Germany) 5-0
- Semifinals - Georgi Stankov (Bulgaria) 5-0
- Final - Ion Monea (Romania) walk-over
References
- ↑ Khavin, Boris (1979). Всё об олимпийских играх [All About Olympic Games] (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 572.
- ↑ (Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
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