Sport & Note

Valeri Popenchenko

Male, Amateur

(aka Valeriy Popenchenko, Valerij Popenčenko)
(Valeri Vladimirovich Popenchenko)
(Valerij Vladimirovič Popenčenko)
(Валерий Владимирович Попенченко)
Middleweight, Soviet Union, Leningrad, Moscow
Born: 26 August 1937, Kuntsevo, Russia, Soviet Union
Died: 15 February 1975, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
(Died while running down the stairs where handrails were not
yet installed, he lost his balance and fell three floors)
Height: 5ft 9in, mt 1,76
Weight: 75 kg / 165 lbs
Stance: Orthodox

Competitor for the Soviet Union

as an amateur:
1963 Moscow, Soviet Union, European Championships middleweight gold medal
1964 Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games middleweight gold medal
1965 East Berlin, East Germany, European Championships middleweight gold medal

He was named the Outstanding Boxer of the 1964 Olympics
and given the Val Barker Trophy, becoming the only Soviet boxer to receive the honor

won 200 out of 213 bouts

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1963
Moscow, Soviet Union, European Championships gold medal, 75 kg
+ May 29	Dino Murru	Moscow, Soviet Union	WAB 1
+ May 31	Dragoslav Jakovljevic	Moscow, Soviet Union	WPTS 3
+ June 2	Ion Monea	Moscow, Soviet Union	WAB 2
Łódź, Poland, Dual Match Poland vs Soviet Union, 75 kg
- Dec. 20	Tadeusz Walasek	Łódź, Poland	LPTS 3
1964
Moscow, Soviet Union, Dual Match Soviet Union vs Poland, 75 kg
+ Jan. 26	Tadeusz Walasek	Moscow, Soviet Union	WPTS 3
Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games gold medal, 75 kg
+ Oct. 18	Sultan Mahmoud	Tokyo, Japan	WKO 1
+ Oct. 20	Joe Darkey	Tokyo, Japan	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 21	Tadeusz Walasek	Tokyo, Japan	WKO 3
+ Oct. 23	Emil Schulz	Tokyo, Japan	WKO 1
1965
East Berlin, East Germany, European Championships gold medal, 75 kg
+ May 23	Rudi Hornig	East Berlin, East Germany	WPTS 3
+ May 25	Willy Karall	East Berlin, East Germany	WTKO 1
+ May 27	Lucjan Slowakiewicz	East Berlin, East Germany	WAB 2
+ May 29	William Robinson	East Berlin, East Germany	WKO 1

No professional record

Summary

Total bouts: 0, Won: 0 (0 inside the limit), Lost: 0 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0