Valeri Sokolov

Name: Valerian Sokolov
Birth Name: Валериан Сергеевич Соколов
Hometown: Cheboksary, Russia
Birthplace: Shikhabylovo, Russia
Amateur Boxer: Record

Valerian Sergeevich Sokolov (Russian: Валериан Сергеевич Соколов) (born August 30, 1946 in village Shikhobylovo, Urmarsky District, Chuvash ASSR) is a former Soviet bantamweight amateur boxer who won gold in Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Cheboksary. Sokolov was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1969.

Olympic results

1968 (as a bantamweight)

• 1st round - Defeated Rafael Archundia (Ecuador) 3-2
• 2nd round - Defeated Mickey Carter (Great Britain) KO 2
• Quartefinals - Defeated Samuel Mbugua (Kenya) 5-0
• Semifinals - Defeated Eiji Marioka (Japan) 5-0
• Final - Defeated Eridadi Mukwanga (Uganda) TKO 2