Vyacheslav Yanovskiy
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Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1988 Seoul | Light Welterweight |
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1987 Turin | Light Welterweight |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1985 Budapest | Light Welterweight |
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.
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.
External links
- Professional boxing record for Vyacheslav Yanovskiy from BoxRec
- (Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
- (Russian) Biography
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