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Name
  
Yuri Radonyak

Role
  
Boxer


Died
  
March 28, 2013

Martial art
  
Boxing

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Welterweight

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Yuri Radonyak (8 October 1935 – 28 March 2013) was a Russian amateur welterweight boxer who competed for the Soviet Army club. In 1958 he placed second at the Soviet championships and won the World Army Championships. Two years later he won the Soviet title and a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics. He retired in 1962 with a record of 197 wins out of 226 bouts and later had a long career as a boxing coach. In 1962–73 he worked at the Soviet Army club in Moscow and in 1972–76 coached the Soviet national team. The 1972 Olympic gold medalist Vyacheslav Lemeshev was his personal trainee.

References

Yuri Radonyak Wikipedia


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