- Valerian Sokolov
Valerian Sergeevich Sokolov ( _ru. Валериан Сергеевич Соколов) (born
August 30 1946 in the village of Shikhobylovo,Urmarsky District ,Chuvash ASSR ) is a formerSoviet bantamweight amateur boxer who won the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Games. He trained at Dynamo inCheboksary . Sokolov became theHonoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1968 and was awarded theOrder of the Badge of Honor in 1969. [cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 581|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian] During his career he won 196 fights out of 216. [ru icon [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol21/ol2-1768.htm Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia] ]Olympic results
*Quartefinals - Defeated
Samuel Mbugua (Kenya) 5-0
*Semifinals - DefeatedEiji Marioka (Japan) 5-0
*Final - DefeatedEridadi Mukwanga (Uganda) TKO 2References
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