Eduard Zakharov (russian: Эдуард Фёдорович Захаров; 10 January 1975 – 13 May 1997),
with the full name Eduard Fyodorovich Zakharov, was a male
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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from
Russia. He represented his native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's light-welterweight division (– 63,5 kg) by Cuba's eventual gold medalist
Héctor Vinent
Héctor Vinent Cháron (born July 25, 1972, in Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics
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.
On 13 May 1997 Zakharov died from stab wounds in Ukhta,
at the age of 22.
References
1975 births
1997 deaths
Light-welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Russia
People murdered in Russia
Russian murder victims
Russian male boxers
Sportspeople from the Komi Republic
People from Ukhta
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