- Vyacheslav Yanovskiy
Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy ( _ru. Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский sometimes spelt "Viatcheslav Ianovski", born
August 24 ,1957 inVitebsk ) is aBelarus ian boxer who won a Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR. He began boxing at age 13. In 1988 he became theHonoured Master of Sports of the USSR . During his amateur career he trained at Dynamo inVitebsk .Olympic results
*Defeated
Søren Sondergaard (Denmark) RSC 2
*DefeatedRashid Matumla (Tanzania) RSC 3
*DefeatedLudovic Proto (France) 5-0
*DefeatedAnthony Mwamba (Zambia) 5-0
*DefeatedReiner Gies (West Germany) KO 1
*DefeatedGrahame Cheney (Australia) 5-0Pro career
Yanovskiy turned professional in 1990 and did not lose in his first 26 fights. In 1995 he was KO'd by journeyman
Edwin Murillo and retired in 1997 with a career record of 30-1-1.External links
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* [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol22/ol2-4293.htm Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia]
*ru icon [http://www.noc.by/olimp_show.php?sportmen=96 Biography]
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