Sergey Aleksandrovich Sivko (russian: Сергей Александрович Сивко, 7 June 1940 – 10 November 1966) was a Russian amateur boxer. In 1960 he won the Soviet

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title and an Olympic silver medal. Next year he moved to the

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division and won the Soviet and European titles. He died aged 26 in 1966. Since 1975, an annual boxing tournament has been held in his honor in Moscow.

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1940 births Soviet male boxers Olympic boxers for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics 1966 deaths Olympic medalists in boxing Russian male boxers Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Bantamweight boxers Sportspeople from Tula, Russia {{Russia-boxing-bio-stub