Valery Konstantinovich Lvov ( February 20, 1953 , Cheboksary , Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , RSFSR , USSR ) - Soviet boxer.
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| Full name | Valery Konstantinovich Lvov | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USSR /  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | February 20, 1953 (66 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Cheboksary , Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , RSFSR , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number of battles | 250 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of wins | 233 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of lesions | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1978), world champion (1978), champion of the USSR (1978), winner of the 6th Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (1975). Held 250 fights, 50 international victories in major tournaments, including in the match meetings of the USSR — USA.
He studied at the Dynamo Sports House in Cheboksary under the direction of M. S. Stepanov , prize-winner of the RSFSR Championship (1963), USSR master of sports (1964).
Biography
Valery dreamed of becoming a boxer from the first class: the elder brother of the future athlete was engaged in boxing, and Valery did not want to write to the section because of his insufficient height and weight. Only in the eighth grade Valery was accepted into the section, although he then weighed only 38 kg:
He started boxing in the 40 kg category, then won the Dynamo CS championship among senior youths in the 48 kg weight category. I was lucky at Dynamo, because I not only trained in the same gym with the Olympic champion Mexico City Valerian Sokolov , but also often stood with him, although he weighed 6 kg less. Received, of course, in these sparring properly, but suffered. Then these lessons went for the future
- From an interview with V.K. Lviv [1]
At the age of 18, Valery Lvov became a member of the adult national team of Chuvashia, as part of which he made his debut at the Games of the Peoples of the RSFSR in Saratov . Then he participated in the championship of the Russian Dynamo in Tambov , where he received the title of master of sports.
The winner of the youth championship of the USSR, was recognized as the best boxer of the tournament. After a month and a half became the champion of Europe among juniors in Bucharest . He is awarded the title of master of sports of international class, included in the USSR national team.
At a traditional meeting between boxers of the USSR and the USA in 1973, Lvov in the first round knocked out Ray Leonard , the future Olympic champion, three-time world champion among professionals, although he lost that fight [1] .
He won the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in 1975 . This tournament also had the status of the 41st USSR Boxing Championship .
In 1977 he graduated from the Department of Agricultural Mechanization of the Chuvash Agricultural Institute [2] . Then, due to illness, he missed the USSR Championship in Frunze and was removed from the national team.
He worked in the police, in the security department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chuvashia. First foreman , then lieutenant . He returned to the national team to speak at the USSR Championship. I went to the Dynamo training camp in Armenia, after which I won very confidently at the USSR Championship in February 1978 in Tbilisi [1] .
He won the world championship in Belgrade . Gets the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
According to the Honored Trainer of the USSR Mikhail Zavyalov [3] :
There was another wonderful boxer from Cheboksary Valery Lvov, Dynamo , captain of the Internal Troops . So he managed to bring a full portfolio of erotic magazines from the World Cup. The reaction was very harsh. Lviv was removed from the team and expelled from the Komsomol . Other times - other mores.
After 1978, he took up coaching work: he worked as a coach at the Cheboksary School of Higher Sports Excellence named after A.V. Ignatieff. He trained several highly qualified boxers, including A.U. Fedorova.
Director of the Cheboksary Youth Sports School for martial arts them. V.S. Sokolova. An international boxing judge (1999) [2] . December 27, 2013 took part in the Olympic torch relay of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the city of Cheboksary [4] .
Awards and titles
- Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1978)
- Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1978)
- Honored Coach of the Republic of Mari El (1999)
- Honored Coach of the Chuvash Republic (2001) [2]
- Honorary Citizen of the city of Cheboksary (2019) [5] .
See also
- European Boxing Championship 1975 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Valiev Boris. World Champion Valery Lvov: Relations with the Olympics did not work out. The fact that he does not fly to the Games-76, Valery learned two hours before the departure of the team // Soviet Sport: newspaper. - 2006. - April 26.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Skorodumov N.G. Lvov Valery Konstantinovich // Electronic Chuvash Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Zavyalov M.M. Boxing tales from Michal Mikhalych. The fictional stories of the head coach. - Kiev: Summit Book, 2017 .-- 196 p. - ISBN 978-617-7434-66-4 .
- ↑ Sochi 2014 Relay Program and Route in Cheboksary (December 27, 2013)
- ↑ In the year of the 550th anniversary of the capital, deputies supported two candidates for the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Cheboksary" // Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies. - 2019. - August 20.
Literature
- Valery Konstantinovich Lvov: 1953. The first glove // Athletes. - Cheboksary, 2005 .-- S. 79-88. - (B-ka of President Chuvash. Rep.; T. 3).
- Skorodumov, N.G. Lvov Valery Konstantinovich / N.G. Skorodumov // Chuvash Encyclopedia. - Cheboksary, 2008. - T. 2: JL. - S. 474
- Skorodumov, N.G. Lvov Valery Konstantinovich // Skorodumov, N.G. Chuvash Sports Encyclopedia / N.G. Skorodumov. - Cheboksary, 2007 .-- S. 54.