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