Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin (russian: Василий Анатольевич Соломин) (5 January 1953, in

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– 28 December 1997, in Perm) was a

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who represented the

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at the

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, Canada. There, he won a bronze medal in the

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division (– 60 kg), after being beaten in the semifinals by

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's eventual silver medalist

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. Solomin began training under Yuri Podshivalov in 1969 at

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in Perm. He won the world title at the inaugural

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. From 1975 he represented the Armed Forces sports society. He was coached by Viktor Ageev.Василий Анатольевич Соломин
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1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Vassily Solomin, a boxer who competed in the lightweight division at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: Defeated Hans-Henrik Palm (Denmark) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated

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(Poland) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated András Botos (Hungary) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: Lost to

(Romania) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded bronze medal)

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