Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy (russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский sometimes spelt ''Viatcheslav Ianovski'', born August 24, 1957, in Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian boxing, boxer who won a Olympic medalists in boxing, Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union, USSR. He began boxing at the age of 13. In 1988 he became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. During his amateur career he trained at Dynamo (sports society), Dynamo in Vitebsk.

1988 Olympic results

*Round of 64: Defeated Søren Søndergaard (boxer), Søren Søndergaard (Denmark) referee stopped contest in second round *Round o 32: Defeated Rashi Ali Hadj Matumla, Rashid Matumla (Tanzania) referee stopped contest in third round *Round of 16: Defeated Ludovic Proto (France) on points, 5-0 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Anthony Mwamba (Zambia) on points, 5-0 *Semifinal: Defeated Reiner Gies (West Germany) first-round knockout *Final: Defeated Grahame Cheney (Australia) on points, 5-0 (won gold medal)

Pro career

Yanovskiy turned professional in 1990 and did not lose in his first 26 fights. In 1995, he was KO'd by journeyman Edwin Murillo and got retired in 1997 with a career record of 30-1-1.

External links

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Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia

Biography
1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Vitebsk Soviet male boxers Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Olympic boxers of the Soviet Union Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Dynamo sports society athletes Olympic medalists in boxing Belarusian male boxers Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Light-welterweight boxers {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub