2. VALERIAN SOKOLOV
Valerian Sergeevich Sokolov
was born 30 August 1946. He is a
former Soviet bantamweight amateur
boxer who won the gold medal at the
1968 Summer Games.
3. BYOGRAPHY
Sokolov was born in village
Shyhobylovo. He started boxing in 1962
in sports club “Dinamo”, Cheboksary.
He is a candidate of pedagogical
sciences and retired colonel of Red
Army. Valerian Sergeevich awarded the
orders “Medal of Honor” and "For
Service to the Motherland in the Armed
Forces of USSR"
4. Valerian Sokolov spent 216 fights,
won 196 victories. From 1981 to 1986
he was the head coach of the Armed
Forces of the USSR. He achived gold
medal in Mexico in 1968. Now
Valerian is 67 years old. He is a
national Russian boxing coach.
