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Name
  
Vassily Solomin

Role
  
Boxer


Martial art
  
Boxing

Division
  
Lightweight

Vassily Solomin SIMION CUTOV Romania vs Vassily Solomin URSS 60 Kg Semifinal

Died
  
December 28, 1997, Perm, Russia

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Lightweight

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Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin (Russian: Василий Анатольевич Соломин) (5 January 1953 in Perm – 28 December 1997 in Perm) was a boxer who represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg), after being beaten in the semifinals by Romania's eventual silver medalist Simion Cuţov.

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Solomin began training under Yuri Podshivalov in 1969 at Trudovye Rezervy in Perm. He won the world title (the first in Russian sport history) at the inaugural 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba. From 1975, he represented the Armed Forces sports society, coached by Viktor Ageev.

Olympic results

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Hans-Henrik Palm (Denmark) 5-0
  • Defeated Bogdan Gajda (Poland) 5-0
  • Defeated András Botos (Hungary) 5-0
  • Lost to Simion Cuţov (Romania) 0-5
  • References

    Vassily Solomin Wikipedia