Pyotr Zaev

Name: Petr Zaev
Birth Name: Пётр Иванович Заев
Hometown: Lipetsk, Russia
Birthplace: Lipetsk, Russia
Died: 2014-11-29 (Age:61)
Amateur Boxer: Record

Pyotr Ivanovich Zayev (Russian: Пётр Ива́нович За́ев; born July 26, 1953 in Gryazinsky District, Voronezh Oblast, USSR – died November 29, 2014 in Lipetsk, Russia) was a boxer, who won the silver medal for the USSR in the Heavyweight division (+81 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was defeated by titleholder Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba. Zayev trained at the Dynamo sports society until 1975 and since then at the Armed Forces sports society.

Olympic results

• Defeated Azis Salihu (Yugoslavia) 5-0
• Defeated Francesco Damiani (Italy) 5-0
• Defeated Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) 5-0
• Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) 1-4