Vassily Solomin
Boxer
1953 – 1997
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Who was Vassily Solomin?
Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin was a boxer who represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division, after being beaten in the semifinals by Romania's eventual silver medalist Simion Cuţov.
Solomin began training under Yuri Podshivalov in 1969 at Trudovye Rezervy in Perm. He won the world title at the inaugural 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba. From 1975, he represented the Armed Forces sports society, coached by V.Ageev.
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- Born
- Jan 5, 1953
Perm - Also known as
- Vasili Solomin
- Василий Соломин
- Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin
- Lived in
- Perm
- Died
- Dec 28, 1997
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on July 23, 2013
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