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Oleg Georgievich Grigoryev (Russian: Олег Георгиевич Григорьев; born 25 December 1937) is a retired Russian Olympic bantamweight boxer. He won the European title in 1957, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympics gold medal in 1960.

Oleg Grigoryev

Grigoryev (center) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1937-12-25) 25 December 1937 (age 84) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Trudovye Rezervy CSKA Moscow
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome -54 kg European Amateur Championships 1957 Prague -54 kg 1959 Lucerne -54 kg 1963 Moscow -54 kg 1965 Berlin -54 kg

Career

Grigoryev took up boxing in 1951. He was the Soviet bantamweight champion in 1958, 1962–65 and 1967, placing second in 1957 and 1960. He also won the Military Spartakiads of the Friendly Armies of the Socialist Countries in 1961, 1962, and finished second in 1963. He was a favorite at the 1964 Olympics, but was eliminated in the third bout. He retired from competitions in 1968 with a record of 176 wins out of 196 bouts.[1]

Highlights

USSR–FRG Duals (54 kg), Moscow, Soviet Union, February 1956:

• Defeated Manfred Hahner (West Germany) by decision

European Championships (54 kg), Prague, Czechoslovakia, May–June 1957:

• 1/16: Bye
• 1/8: Defeated Jorma Limmonen (Finland) by unanimous decision, 3–0
• 1/4: Defeated Heinz Huber (Austria) by walkover
• 1/2: Defeated Peter Goschka (West Germany) by unanimous decision, 3–0
• Finals: Defeated Gianfranco Piovesani (Italy) by unanimous decision, 3–0

European Championships (54 kg), Lucerne, Switzerland, May 1959:

• 1/16: Bye
• 1/8: Defeated Peter Weiss (Austria) by unanimous decision, 5–0
• 1/4: Defeated Primo Zamparini (Italy) by unanimous decision, 5–0
• 1/2: Defeated Miodrag Mitrović (Yugoslavia) by split decision, 3–2
• Finals: Lost to Horst Rascher (West Germany) by unanimous decision, 0–5

Scandinavia–USSR Duals (54 kg), Stockholm, Sweden, April 1960:

• Defeated V. Lindblad (Sweden)

XVII Summer Olympics (54 kg), Rome, Italy, August–September 1960:[2]

• 1/32: Bye
• 1/16: Defeated Wald Claudiano (Brazil) by unanimous decision, 5–0
• 1/8: Defeated Francis Taylor (Great Britain) by split decision, 3–2

(Following a British protest of the decision which favored Grigoryev over Taylor, some 15 of the referees and judges were relieved of their duties.[3])

• 1/4: Defeated Myint Thein (Burma) by walkover
• 1/2: Defeated Brunon Bendig (Poland) by majority decision, 4–1
• Finals: Defeated Primo Zamparini (Italy) by split decision, 3–1–1

European Championships (54 kg), Moscow, Soviet Union, May–June 1963:

• 1/8: Bye
• 1/4: Defeated Ferenc Cserge (Hungary) by decision
• 1/2: Defeated Rainer Poser (East Germany) by decision
• Finals: Defeated Branislav Petrić (Yugoslavia) KO 3

XVIII Summer Olympics (54 kg), Tokyo, Japan, October 1964:[4]

• 1/32: Bye
• 1/16: Defeated Gyula Török (Hungary) RSC 2
• 1/8: Defeated Franco Zurlo (Italy) by unanimous decision, 5–0
• 1/4: Lost to Juan Fabila Mendoza (Mexico) by split decision, 2–3

European Championships (54 kg), East Berlin, East Germany, May 1965:

• 1/16: Bye
• 1/8: Defeated Jimmy Henry (Ireland) by decision
• 1/4: Defeated Tibor Papp (Hungary) by decision
• 1/2: Defeated Nicolae Gîju (Romania) by decision
• Finals: Defeated Jan Gałązka (Poland) by decision

References

External links

• (in Russian) Biography

На других языках

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- [en] Oleg Grigoryev

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[fr] Oleg Grigoriev (boxe anglaise)

Oleg Grigoriev (en russe : Олег Георгиевич Григорьев, transcription française : Oleg Gueorguievitch Grigoriev) est un boxeur soviétique né le 25 décembre 1937 à Moscou.

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[it] Oleg Grigor'ev

Oleg Georgievič Grigor'ev (in russo: Олег Георгиевич Григорьев?; Mosca, 25 dicembre 1937) è un ex pugile sovietico che ha gareggiato per l'Unione Sovietica, vincendo la medaglia d'oro alle Olimpiadi di Roma 1960 nei pesi gallo.

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[ru] Григорьев, Олег Георгиевич

Олег Георгиевич Григорьев (род. 25 декабря 1937, Москва) — советский боксёр, олимпийский чемпион 1960 года, участник олимпийских игр 1964 года, трёхкратный чемпион Европы — 1957, 1963, 1965 годов, 6-кратный чемпион СССР — 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 годов. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1964). За спортивную карьеру на различных уровнях провел 253 боя, в 235 из них добивался победы. Боксом начал заниматься с 13 лет, выступал за спортивные общества «Трудовые резервы» и «ЦСКА». Член КПСС с 1965 года. Награждён орденом Трудового Красного Знамени. Федерацией бокса СССР удостоен звания «Выдающийся боксер СССР»[2].

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