Boris Nikolaevich Lagutin ( June 24, 1938, Moscow ) - Soviet boxer . Six - time champion of the USSR (1959, 1961-1964, 1968). Two - time European champion (1961, 1963). Two-time Olympic champion (1964, 1968). Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1963). Outstanding boxer of the USSR (1963).
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| Full name | Boris Nikolaevich Lagutin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | June 24, 1938 (81 years) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number of battles | 298 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of wins | 287 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sports career
He first came to the boxing section in 1955. Five years later, for the first time, he defeated the current USSR champion, Yuri Grymov. In 1960, on the eve of the Olympic Games in Rome , at the age of 22, he was the USSR champion in the first middleweight title. The games themselves were affected by the lack of experience in international fights, the Soviet athlete reached the ½ final stage without problems, having achieved easy victories over rivals from Ghana and Australia . In the semifinals, in equal fight, he lost with the score 2: 3 to the future champion of the games American Wilbert McClure . The American, who knew about the strength of the Soviet athlete in boxing from long range, was able to draw Boris into a melee, where he possessed superiority, which predetermined his victory. As a result, Lagutin left Rome with a bronze medal.
Over the next four years, Lagutin twice became the champion of Europe , four times champion of the USSR, but the main goal remained victory at the Olympic Games. In Tokyo, Lagutin was leaving the captain of the Soviet boxers and achieved victory. On the way to the final, the Soviet boxer defeated Paul Hog from Germany , Jose Chirino from Argentina , Eddie Davis from Ghana and Jozef Gzheshik from Poland . In the final match, Boris Lagutin achieved a victory over Frenchman Joseph Gonzales without any problems with the score 4: 1.
A thirty-year-old athlete approached the next Olympic Games with the rank of a veteran, sports officials made it clear that not a single Soviet boxer had ever played at three Olympics in a row. However, due to the fact that Viktor Ageev was excluded from the national team, Boris Nikolayevich took part in the games in Mexico City . In the first two Olympic fights, Lagutin won by knockout, sending Spaniard Moises Fahadro and United Arab Emirates representative Sayed El Nahaz to the floor in the second round. Next on the way to the final were Romanian Ion Kovaci and the German Gunter Mayer . In the final, the Soviet athlete confronted Cuban Rolando Garbey . The fight turned out to be difficult, but thanks to a knockdown in the second round, all five judges gave the victory to an athlete from the USSR.
Trained by V. M. Trenin [1] .
After the Olympics, Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin ended his sportsman’s career. After graduating from the biological faculty of Moscow State University , he did not go to science. He worked in the Central Committee of the Komsomol , in the Boxing Federation of the USSR. Member of the CPSU since 1966.
Currently lives in Moscow .
Awards and titles
- Medal "For Labor Difference" ( 1960 )
- Order "Badge of Honor" ( 1965 )
- Honored Master of Sports of the USSR ( 1969 )
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor ( 1969 )
- Order of Friendship of Peoples ( November 14, 1980 ) - for their hard work in preparing and holding the Games of the XXII Olympiad [2]
- Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the RSFSR ( 1982 )
- Medal "Veteran of Labor" ( 1988 )
- Order “For Services to the Fatherland” IV degree ( April 19, 1995 ) - for merits in the development of physical culture and sports and a great personal contribution to the revival and development of the sports society “Spartak” [3]
- Medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow" ( 1997 )
- Order "For Services to the Fatherland" III degree ( June 22, 1998 ) - for his great personal contribution to the development of physical culture and sports [4]
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation ( April 21, 2000 ) - for a great contribution to the revival and development of the physical culture and sports society "Spartak" [5]
- The insignia "For services to Moscow" ( Moscow , June 23, 2008 ) - for his great personal contribution to the development of physical culture and sports in the city of Moscow [6]
- Silver Olympic Order [7]
Sources
- ↑ Boris Lagutin "Gong victory"
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 14, 1980 No. 3301-X “On awarding the orders and medals of the USSR to workers who distinguished themselves during the preparation and holding of the Games of the XXII Olympiad”
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 19, 1995 No. 384 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation” (Not available link) . Circulation date September 24, 2016. Archived September 27, 2016.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 22, 1998 No. 715 “On awarding the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, Third Class, Lagutin B. N”
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 21, 2000 No. 132-rp “On encouraging members of the Russian physical culture and sports society“ Spartak ””
- ↑ Decree of the Mayor of Moscow dated June 23, 2008 No. 45-UM “On awarding with the distinction“ For Merits to Moscow ””
- ↑ Olympic Order
According to V.Malakhov. One hundred great Olympic champions. - Moscow: Veche, 2006. - p. 262-267. - ISBN 59533-1078-1 .
Literature
- Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin // Olympic Encyclopedia / S. P. Pavlov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1980. - 415 p.