Vladimir Safronov

Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov (Russian: Владимир Константинович Сафронов) (29 December 1934 in Ulan-Ude, Buryat-Mongol ASSR — 26 December 1979[1]) was a featherweight amateur boxer.

For the Russian diplomat, see Vladimir Safronkov.
In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Konstantinovich and the family name is Safronov.
Vladimir Safronov
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne Featherweight
European Amateur Championships
1957 Prague Featherweight

Safronov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Chita, Irkutsk, Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1957 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year. He became the first boxer of the USSR to win a gold medal at Olympics.[2] He won gold in Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in the featherweight division (– 57 kg). During his career Safronov won 564 fights out of 565.[3]

Safronov graduated from Moscow Poligraphy Institute in 1963 and worked as an art editor at Fizkultura i sport publisher.[3]

1956 Olympic results

Below is the record of Vladimir Safronov, a featherweight boxer from the Soviet Union who competed at the 1956 Olympics Games in Melbourne:

  • Round of 32: bye
  • Round of 16: Defeated Agostino Cossia (Italy) points
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Andre de Souza (France) points
  • Semifinal: Defeated Henryk Niedzwiedzki (Poland) points
  • Final: Defeated Thomas Nicholls (Great Britain) points (Won gold medal)

References
  1. Могилы знаменитостей. Сафронов Владимир Константинович (1934-1979)
  2. Khavin, Boris (1979). Всё об олимпийских играх [All About Olympic Games] (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 578.
  3. (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia


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