Stanislav Ivanovich Stepashkin (russian: Станислав Иванович Степашкин; 1 September 1940 – 4 September 2013) was an Olympic boxer from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, Stepashkin trained at

Trudovye Rezervy Trudovye Rezervy (russian: Трудовые резервы; English: Workforce/Labour Reserves) — one of the Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR. It was to involve in physical culture and sports the students of the country's vocational schools ...

until 1963 and then at the Armed Forces sports society. He became the

Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...

in 1964 and was awarded the

Order of the Badge of Honor The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

in the following year. He competed at the

1964 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this hon ...

in the Featherweight (-57 kg) division winning the gold medal. During his career Stepashkin won 193 fights out of 204. He graduated from the State Order of Lenin Central Institute of Physical Education.Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
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1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Stanislav Stepashkin, a featherweight boxer from the Soviet Union who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated Jose Nieves (Puerto Rico) referee stopped contest *Round of 16: Defeated Hsu Hung Chen (Republic of China) referee stopped contest *Quarterfinal: Defeated Constantin Crudu (Romania) referee stopped contest in the third round *Semifinal: Defeated

Heinz Schulz Heinz Schulz (born 5 January 1935) is an East German former featherweight boxer who competed for the United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany ...

(Unified Team of Germany) by knockout *Final: Defeated

Anthony Villanueva Anthony N. Villanueva (March 18, 1945 – May 13, 2014) was a boxer from the Philippines. He competed in the featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal. Shortly after the Olympics he turned professional, but ...

(Philippines) by decision, 3-2 (won gold medal)

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Olympic profile

1940 births 2013 deaths Martial artists from Moscow Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Soviet male boxers Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of the Soviet Union Armed Forces sports society athletes Olympic medalists in boxing Russian male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Featherweight boxers Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub