Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Рыбаков) (born May 28, 1956 in Magadan) is a retired boxer, who represented the

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twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an Olympian. He won the bronze medal in the

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division (– 54 kg) at the

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, Canada, and repeated that feat four years later in

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. He trained at the Trud

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until 1976. Later he trained at the Armed Forces sports society.2 Protests Filed; Bent Scores Upset
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Olympic results

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

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(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

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(East Germany) by decision, 1-4

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