Velikton Barannikov

Velikton Barannikov

Barannikov (right) vs Wim Gerlach at the 1960 Games
Personal information
Born	4 July 1938 Ulan-Ude, Russia
Died	29 November 2007 (aged 69) Ulan-Ude, Russia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Burevestnik, Moscow
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Lightweight European Championships 1965 East Berlin Lightweight

Velikton Innokentyevich Barannikov (Russian: Виликтон Иннокентьевич Баранников; 4 July 1938 – 29 November 2007) was a Soviet boxer who competed in the lightweight category at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1960 he lost to Abel Laudonio in the quarter-final. In 1964 he progressed to the final, where he lost to Józef Grudzień. He won a European title in 1965, and finished his career with a record of 228 wins out of 275 bouts. Despite his international success he never won a national title, finishing in second place in 1960–62 and 1965.^[1]

Barannikov was born in Ulan-Ude, where he started training in boxing. In 1956 he moved to Moscow and graduated from the prestigious Bauman Moscow State Technical University. After retirement he worked as a boxing coach and referee, first in Moscow, then in Germany (ca. 1974), and after 1982 in Ulan-Ude. He was killed in a traffic incident on 29 November 2007. Barannikov was a retired lieutenant colonel.^[2][3]

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