Lembit Maurer (15 November 1929 – 22 November 2006) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n boxer and boxing coach. He was born in

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54, ...

. In 1950 he graduated from Tallinn Physical Education school (). He started his boxing training in 1945, coached by Nigul Maatsoo and Martin Linnamäe. He won two bronze medal (1953 and 1956) on Soviet Union Championships. In 1951 he won Moscow Championships. He was 8-time Baltic champion, and 5-time Estonian champion. After boxing career, he was also a boxing coach. His most notable student was Valeri Žarikov. He was married with Estonian swimmer

Eve-Mai Maurer Eve-Mai Maurer (née Uusmees; born 27 December 1936) is an Estonian former breaststroke swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maurer, Lembit 1929 births 2006 deaths Estonian male boxers Estonian sports coaches Sportspeople from Narva