- Vladimir Yengibaryan
Vladimir Nikolaevich Yengibaryan ( _ru. Владимир Николаевич Енгибарян) (born
April 24 ,1932 inYerevan ) is a formerwelterweight boxer.Yengibaryan trained at
Trudovye Rezervy in Yerevan. He was an amateur boxer for the USSR, who won the Light welterweight (63.5 kg) gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games. In 1957 he became theHonoured Master of Sports of the USSR and was awarded theOrder of the Red Banner of Labour on the same year. [cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 545|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian] After finishing his career he founded the first in the USSR boxingChildren and Youth Sport School in Yerevan. Since 1992 he lives inLos Angeles . [ru icon [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol11/ol1-2766.htm Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia] ]Olympic results
*1st round bye
*DefeatedLeszek Drogosz (Poland) points
*DefeatedClaude Saluden (France) points
*DefeatedHenry Loubscher (South Africa) points
*DefeatedFranco Nenci (Italy) pointsReferences
* [http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=YENGIVLA01 Olympic DB]
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