- Viktor Savchenko
Viktor Grigorievich Savchenko ( _ru. Виктор Григорьевич Савченко) (born
September 17 ,1952 ) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at theSummer Olympics during his career as an amateur. He won the bronze medal in thelight middleweight division (– 71 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal, Canada , followed by the silver medal in themiddleweight category (– 75 kg) four years later inMoscow ,Soviet Union .In
1978 he won the world title at the second World Championships inBelgrade . Savchenko trained at the Avanhard Voluntary Sports Society inDnepropetrovsk .Olympic results
1976
*DefeatedJohn Odhiambo (Uganda) walk-over
*DefeatedPierangelo Pira (Italy) KO 2
*DefeatedAlfredo Lemus (Venezuela) KO 2
*Lost toJerzy Rybicki (Poland) 2-31980
*DefeatedDamir Škaro (Yugoslavia) RSC 3
*DefeatedRobert Pfitscher (Austria) RSC 2
*DefeatedManfred Trauten (East Germany) RSC 2
*DefeatedJerzy Rybicki (Poland) RSC 3
*Lost toJosé Gómez (Cuba) 1-4References
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SAVCHVIK01 databaseOlympics]
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