Lembit Maurer (15 November 1929 – 22 November 2006) was an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n boxer and boxing coach.
He was born in
Narva
Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, E ...
. In 1950 he graduated from Tallinn Physical Education school (). He started his boxing training in 1945, coached by Nigul Maatsoo and Martin Linnamäe.
He won two bronze medal (1953 and 1956) on Soviet Union Championships. In 1951 he won Moscow Championships. He was 8-time Baltic champion, and 5-time Estonian champion.
After boxing career, he was also a boxing coach. His most notable student was Valeri Žarikov.
He was married with Estonian swimmer
Eve-Mai Maurer.
References
1929 births
2006 deaths
Estonian male boxers
Estonian sports coaches
Sportspeople from Narva
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