Vladimir Safronov

Vladimir Safronov

Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov ( _ru. Владимир Константинович Сафронов) (December 29, 1934 — December 26 1979 [ [http://m-necropol.narod.ru/safronov.html Могилы знаменитостей. Сафронов Владимир Константинович (1934-1979) ] ] ) was a featherweight amateur boxer.

Safronov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Chita, Irkutsk, Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1957 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year. He became the first boxer of the USSR to win a gold medal at Olympics. [cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 578|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian] He won gold in Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in the featherweight division (– 57 kg). During his career Safronov won 564 fights out of 565.ru icon [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol21/ol2-1430.htm Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia] ]

Safronov graduated from Moscow Poligraphy Institute in 1963 and worked as an art editor at Fizkultura i sport publisher.

Olympic results

*1st round bout
*Defeated Agostino Cossia (Italy) points
*Defeated Andre de Souza (France) points
*Defeated Henryk Niedzwiedzki (Poland) points
*Defeated Thomas Nicholls (Great Britain) points

References

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SAFROVLA01 databaseOlympics]


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