Vadim Mikhailovich Jemelyanov

Vadim Michailowitsch Jemeljanow ( Russian Вадим Михайлович Емельянов ; * April 25, 1942 , † May 27, 1977 ) was a Soviet boxer . He won at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo a bronze medal in the heavyweight division.

Career

Leningrad's Vadim Yemelyanov began boxing as a teenager. His trainer was WI Kupkin. He was a member of the Red Army. In 1961 he appeared for the first time when he, only 19 years old, reached the semi-finals of the Soviet championship, but lost on points against Anatioli Ivanov.

In 1963 he was tested by the Soviet trainers in several international matches. Tests that he passed with flying colors, because he won by breaking off in the 2nd round over the Bulgarian Asen Samovolski, on points over the Englishman Colin Woodhause and by knocking out in the 1st round over the Poland Władysław Jędrzejewski . He was then used in the championship of the armies of the Warsaw Pact states in Lodz . It was a championship that was extremely important in the socialist states of the time. Wadim Jemeljanow won this championship by winning points in the final over Poland's Zbigniew Gugniewicz.

1964 Wadim Jemeljanow won another international match over Poland Wlodzimirz Biel by knockout in the first round. Although he was not at the start in the Soviet championships in 1963 and 1964, he was used at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in the heavyweight division. There he celebrated two quick knockout victories over Wladyslaw Jedrzejewski in the 1st round and over the Argentine Alberto Lovell in the 2nd round. In the semifinals he met Joe Frazier from the USA . Wadim Jemeljanow was able to open the fight against Frazier in the first round, but was hit so hard several times by Frazier in the second round that he was knocked out. But he won an Olympic bronze medal when he reached the semi-finals . Frazier then won the gold medal with a narrow point victory over the German starter Hans Huber .

1965 reached Vadim Jemeljanow at the Soviet championship after a defeat in the semifinals against Alexander Vladimirovich Isosimow the 3rd place. Initially, however, he did not make any further international assignments, which is not surprising in view of the extremely strong competition in his own country.

In 1967 Vadim Jemeljanow was runner-up in the Soviet championship. He lost again in the final battle against Alexander Isosimov. In 1968 he was used at the "Dutch Tulips Tournament" in The Hague . He suffered a defeat in this tournament in the final fight by the Dutchman Rudie Lubbers . For this he celebrated a tournament victory in the same year at the 8th Honved Cup in Budapest by knocking out Dieter Limant from the GDR in the first round.

After that, Vadim Jemeljanow appeared neither in international nor in national championships in the Soviet Union. He died in 1977.

USSR championships with Vadim Jemelyanov

• 1961: 1. Andrei Abramow , 2. Anatoli Ivanov, 3. Wadim Jemeljanow a . Janis Lancers,
• 1965: 1. Alexander Wladimirowitsch Isosimow , 2. Jonas Čepulis , 3. Wadim Jemeljanow a. W. Tschugunow,
• 1967: 1. Alexander Vladimirovich Isosimow, 2. Wadim Jemeljanow, 3. Abdusalam Nurmachanow a. W. Gorjunov

Country battles by Vadim Jemelyanov

• 1963 in Sofia , Bulgaria against USSR , demolition winner 2nd round over Asen Samovolski,
• 1963 in Moscow , USSR against England , points winner over Colin Woodhause,
• 1963 in Lodz , Poland against USSR, techn. KO winner 2nd round over Władysław Jędrzejewski ,
• 1964 in Moscow, USSR against Poland, KO winner 1st round over Wlodzimirz Biel

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• Box Sport magazine from 1961 to 1968,
• BOX ALMANACH 1920 - 1980 , published by the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
• Website "www.sport-komplett.de",
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "boxing-fbr.ru"

Web links

Portrait of Vadim Yemelyanov in Russian