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, a ...
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, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...
. 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.
References
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1929 births
2006 deaths
Estonian male boxers
Estonian sports coaches
Sportspeople from Narva