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.

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1929 births 2006 deaths Estonian male boxers Estonian sports coaches Sportspeople from Narva {{Estonia-boxing-bio-stub