Velikton Innokentyevich Barannikov (russian: Виликтон Иннокентьевич Баранников; 4 July 1938 – 29 November 2007) was a Soviet

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who competed in the lightweight category at the 1960 and

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. In 1960 he lost to

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in the quarter-final. In 1964 he progressed to the final, where he lost to Józef Grudzień. He won a European title in 1965, and finished his career with a record of 228 wins out of 275 bouts. Despite his international success he never won a national title, finishing in second place in 1960–62 and 1965. Barannikov was born in

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, where he started training in boxing. In 1956 he moved to Moscow and graduated from the prestigious

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. After retirement he worked as a boxing coach and referee, first in Moscow, then in Germany (ca. 1974), and after 1982 in Ulan-Ude. He was killed in a traffic incident on 29 November 2007. Barannikov was a retired

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1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Velikton Barannikov, a lightweight boxer from the Soviet Union who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics" * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated Luis Zuniga (Chile) by decision, 4-1 * Round of 16: defeated Adrian Blair (Australia) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated Janos Kajdi (Hungary) referee stopped contest * Semifinal: defeated Jim McCourt (Ireland) by decision, 3-2 * Final: lost to Jozef Grudzen (Poland) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

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