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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev

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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev

Birth
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia
Death
27 Jan 1996 (aged 43)
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia
Burial
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia
Plot
43
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Olympic Athlete. Born in Moscow, Russia, he was a middleweight amateur boxer who won 103 fights and only lost 8 during his career. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he knocked out four of his five opponents to win the middleweight division Gold Medal. He also won the middleweight European Championships in 1973, 1975 and 1974 USSR Championship. He died at age 43 in Moscow, Russia and is a recipient of the Soviet Union Order of the Badge of Honor.
Olympic Athlete. Born in Moscow, Russia, he was a middleweight amateur boxer who won 103 fights and only lost 8 during his career. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he knocked out four of his five opponents to win the middleweight division Gold Medal. He also won the middleweight European Championships in 1973, 1975 and 1974 USSR Championship. He died at age 43 in Moscow, Russia and is a recipient of the Soviet Union Order of the Badge of Honor.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Added: Apr 4, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9045/vyacheslav_ivanovich-lemeshev: accessed ), memorial page for Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev (3 Apr 1952–27 Jan 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9045, citing Vagankovskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia; Maintained by Find a Grave.