13 Facts About Vladimir Yengibaryan

Vladimir Yengibaryan was a Soviet and Armenian light-welterweight boxer.

Vladimir Yengibaryan was an Olympic champion, three-time European champion and three-time Soviet champion.

Vladimir Yengibaryan took up boxing in 1946, training in Yerevan first with Artyom Arutyunov and then with Edward Aristakesyan.

Vladimir Yengibaryan did not compete at the 1952 Summer Olympics due to an injury.

The Soviet Union debuted at the European Boxing Championships in 1953, where Vladimir Yengibaryan won a gold medal in the lightweight division, becoming the first Soviet European champion in boxing.

In 1954, Vladimir Yengibaryan moved up to the light-welterweight division and remained at this weight.

Vladimir Yengibaryan won his first Soviet title in 1955 and would win it again in 1956 and 1958.

Vladimir Yengibaryan won gold medals at the 1956 Olympics and 1957 and 1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

Vladimir Yengibaryan went to the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome as a favorite, but injured a shoulder in the tournament and lost in the quarterfinals to Marian Kasprzyk.

Vladimir Yengibaryan retired shortly after the 1960 Olympics and for more than three decades coached young boxers in Yerevan.

Vladimir Yengibaryan founded the Children and Youth Sport School, which now bears his name.

Vladimir Yengibaryan later became an international judge and in the 1970s represented Soviet Union in the AIBA Referee Commission.

The memorial ceremony for Vladimir Yengibaryan took place at the Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Yerevan.