Evgeny Nikolaevich Gorstkov (born May 26, 1950 , Orsk ) is a Soviet boxer and sports referee . Four-time absolute champion of the USSR (1974, 1976-1978). Four - time champion of the USSR (1973, 1975-1977). Two - time European champion (1977, 1979). Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1977). An outstanding boxer of the USSR (1976).
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| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | May 26, 1950 (69 years old) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Orsk , USSR | |||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Yuri Brazhnikov | |||||||||||||||
| First fight | 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| The last battle | 1981 | |||||||||||||||
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He proved himself to be a master of maneuverable style, skillfully mastering the methods of defense and counterattack. High tactical skill, a delicate playing style made his fights especially spectacular.
Since 1985, a tournament for the prizes of E. Gorstkov has been held in Orsk since 1985 [1] .
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Achievements
- 3 Interesting fact
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
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He started boxing lessons in Orsk in the society “ Labor Reserves ”.
Since 1974 he studied in Moscow, in the sports society " Zenith ". The permanent trainer is Yuri Brazhnikov .
He graduated from the Department of Physics and Mathematics of the Orsk Pedagogical Institute, candidate of pedagogical sciences .
After completing his speeches in sports, he switched to coaching.
Achievements
7 years played for the USSR national boxing team. From 1974 to 1981, Gorstkov held 228 fights in the ring.
European Champion 1977 and 1979.
Four-time champion of the USSR in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 in heavyweight. Four-time absolute champion of the USSR 1974 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 .
The owner of the first “Crystal Glove” (1974) - a special prize established by the weekly weekly week to the strongest Soviet heavyweight boxer [2] . Total awarded five of these "gloves."
His most important victories was a victory over future world champion Greg Page in 1976 and a victory over Igor Vysotsky during the selection for the 1980 Olympics , after which Vysotsky ended his sports career at the age of 27.
As a trainer, he also trained many good boxers such as:
- Khozhiakbar Mamakov - international master of sports, champion of the European Youth Championship 2013 [3] .
- Hadzhi-Murat Buriev - Moscow Championship Winner, Russian Championship Winner, European Championship Winner.
Interesting fact.
- Evgeny Gorstkov is one of three Soviet boxers (Gorstkov, Zaev and Vysotsky ) who in 1978 in Moscow held demonstrative fights with the famous world champion among professionals - Mohammed Ali [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Orenburg boxers showed the class.
- ↑ Boxing Encyclopedia | CRYSTAL GLOVE Archival copy of February 7, 2013 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The young boxer from Zelenograd won the “gold” (Russian) (neopr.) ? . Zelenograd24.ru (September 5, 2013). Date of treatment February 15, 2019.
- ↑ Peter ZAEV, boxer, vice champion of the Olympics-80 (Moscow)