Vyacheslav Yanovskiy

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Light Welterweight
Friendship Games
	1984 Havana	Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
	1987 Turin	Light Welterweight
	1985 Budapest	Light Welterweight

Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy (Russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Яновский sometimes spelt Viatcheslav Ianovski, born August 24, 1957, in Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian former professional boxer who won a Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR. He began boxing at the age of 13. In 1988 he became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. During his amateur career he trained at Dynamo in Vitebsk.

• Round of 64: Defeated Søren Søndergaard (Denmark) referee stopped contest in second round
• Round o 32: Defeated Rashid Matumla (Tanzania) referee stopped contest in third round
• Round of 16: Defeated Ludovic Proto (France) on points, 5-0
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Anthony Mwamba (Zambia) on points, 5-0
• Semifinal: Defeated Reiner Gies (West Germany) first-round knockout
• Final: Defeated Grahame Cheney (Australia) on points, 5-0 (won gold medal)

Yanovskiy turned professional in 1990 and did not lose in his first 26 fights. In 1995, he was KO'd by journeyman Edwin Murillo and got retired in 1997 with a career record of 30-1-1.

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• (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia^{[permanent dead link‍]}
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