Viktor Rybakov

Summary

Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov (Russian: Виктор Григорьевич Рыбаков) (born May 28, 1956 in Magadan) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an Olympian. He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight division (– 54 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and repeated that feat four years later in Moscow, Soviet Union. He trained at the Trud Sports Society until 1976. Later he trained at the Armed Forces sports society.[1][2][3]

Viktor Rybakov
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Featherweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Katowice Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Halle Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1979 Cologne Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1981 Tampere Lightweight

Olympic results edit

Below are the Olympic results of Viktor Rybakov, a boxer from the Soviet Union who competed at both the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Olympics in Moscow:

Montreal - 1976 Viktor Rybakov competed as a bantamweight in this tournament:

  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: Defeated Alfred Siame (Zambia) by walkover
  • Round of 16: Defeated Hitoshi Ishigaki (Japan) by decision, 5-0
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Stephan Förster (East Germany) by decision, 3-2
  • Semifinal: Lost to Charles Mooney (United States) by decision, 1-4

Moscow - 1980 Viktor Rybakov competed as a featherweight in this tournament:

  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: Defeated Daniel Londas (France) by decision, 5-0
  • Round of 16: Defeated Peter Hanlon (Great Britain) by decision, 5-0
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Tzacho Andreikowski (Bulgaria) by decision, 4-1
  • Semifinal: Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) by decision, 1-4

References edit

  1. ^ 2 Protests Filed; Bent Scores Upset by Earl Gustkey, The Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1986, p. 6.
  2. ^ "Шесть лет за фарфор. Жизнь и приключения великого боксера, который так и не стал олимпийским чемпионом". 22 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Боксер Виктор Рыбаков. На спекуляции, он и "погорел". Получил тогда шесть лет".
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