3. Valerian is a former
Soviet bantamweight
amateur boxer who won
the gold medal at the
1968 Summer Games. He
trained at Dynamo in
Cheboksary.
4. Sokolov started boxing
in a club in 1963 and was
unknown before 1968,
when he suddenly won
the national and
Olympic titles.
5. He retired in 1975, and
three years later
graduated from the
Leningrad Military
Institute of Physical
Culture with a degree in
pedagogy.
6. Between 1981 and 1986
he coached the Soviet
national team; in 1998 he
became chairman of the
Coaches Committee of
the Russian Boxing
Federation, and later was
responsible for martial
arts at the Federal
Agency for Sport in
Russia.
