Viktor Miroshnichenko

Viktor Miroshnichenko
Personal information
Born (1959-12-01) 1 December 1959 (age 65)
Ukrainsk
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Flyweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Munich Bantamweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Tampere Bantamweight

Viktor Miroshnichenko (Russian: Виктор Мирошниченко; born 1 December 1959 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Ukrainian boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg), after being defeated in the final by Bulgaria's Petar Lesov. Two years later he captured the silver medal at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany. Miroshnichenko trained at Dynamo in Donetsk.

1980 Olympic results

Below are the results of Viktor Miroshnichenko, a flyweight boxer from the Soviet Union who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics:

  • Round of 32: bye
  • Round of 16: Defeated Jorge Hernández (Cuba) by decision, 4-1
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Henryk Średnicki (Poland) by decision, 5-0
  • Semifinal: Defeated János Váradi (Hungary) by decision, 4-1
  • Final: Lost to Peter Lessov (Bulgaria) referee stopped contest in round 2 (was awarded silver medal)

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