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Name
  
Vyacheslav Yanovskiy

Role
  
Boxer


Martial art
  
Boxing

Division
  
Light welterweight

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Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Light Welterweight

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Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy (Russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский sometimes spelt Viatcheslav Ianovski, born August 24, 1957 in Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian boxer who won a Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR. He began boxing at age 13. In 1988 he became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. During his amateur career he trained at Dynamo in Vitebsk.

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Olympic results

  • Defeated Søren Søndergaard (Denmark) RSC 2
  • Defeated Rashid Matumla (Tanzania) RSC 3
  • Defeated Ludovic Proto (France) 5-0
  • Defeated Anthony Mwamba (Zambia) 5-0
  • Defeated Reiner Gies (West Germany) KO 1
  • Defeated Grahame Cheney (Australia) 5-0
  • Pro career

    Yanovskiy turned professional in 1990 and did not lose in his first 26 fights. In 1995 he was KO'd by journeyman Edwin Murillo and retired in 1997 with a career record of 30-1-1.

    References

    Vyacheslav Yanovskiy Wikipedia