Oleg Georgievich Grigoryev (; born 25 December 1937) is a retired Russian

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boxer. He won the European title in 1957, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympics gold medal in 1960, all in the

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category.

Career

Grigoryev took up boxing in 1951. He was the Soviet bantamweight champion in 1958, 1962–65 and 1967, placing second in 1957 and 1960. He also won the Military Spartakiads of the Friendly Armies of the Socialist Countries in 1961, 1962, and finished second in 1963. He was a favorite at the 1964 Olympics, but was eliminated in the third bout. He retired from competitions in 1968 with a record of 176 wins out of 196 bouts.

Highlights

USSR–FRG Duals (54 kg),

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, February 1956: *Defeated Manfred Hahner (West Germany) by decision European Championships (54 kg),

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, May–June 1957: *1/16: Bye *1/8: Defeated Jorma Limmonen (Finland) by unanimous decision, 3–0 *1/4: Defeated Heinz Huber (Austria) by walkover *1/2: Defeated Peter Goschka (West Germany) by unanimous decision, 3–0 *Finals: Defeated Gianfranco Piovesani (Italy) by unanimous decision, 3–0 European Championships (54 kg),

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, May 1959: *1/16: Bye *1/8: Defeated

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(Austria) by unanimous decision, 5–0 *1/4: Defeated

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(Italy) by unanimous decision, 5–0 *1/2: Defeated Miodrag Mitrović (Yugoslavia) by split decision, 3–2 *Finals: Lost to

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(West Germany) by unanimous decision, 0–5 Scandinavia–USSR Duals (54 kg),

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, April 1960: *Defeated V. Lindblad (Sweden) XVII Summer Olympics (54 kg),

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, August–September 1960: *1/32: Bye *1/16: Defeated Wald Claudiano (Brazil) by unanimous decision, 5–0 *1/8: Defeated Francis Taylor (Great Britain) by split decision, 3–2 : *1/4: Defeated Myint Thein (Burma) by walkover *1/2: Defeated

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(Poland) by majority decision, 4–1 *Finals: Defeated

(Italy) by split decision, 3–1–1 European Championships (54 kg),

, May–June 1963: *1/8: Bye *1/4: Defeated Ferenc Cserge (Hungary) by decision *1/2: Defeated

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, October 1964:Official Summaries — Boxing
United States 1964 Olympic Book, p. 70. *1/32: Bye *1/16: Defeated

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(Hungary) RSC 2 *1/8: Defeated

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(Italy) by unanimous decision, 5–0 *1/4: Lost to Juan Fabila Mendoza (Mexico) by split decision, 2–3 European Championships (54 kg), East Berlin, East Germany, May 1965: *1/16: Bye *1/8: Defeated Jimmy Henry (Ireland) by decision *1/4: Defeated

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(Hungary) by decision *1/2: Defeated Nicolae Gîju (Romania) by decision *Finals: Defeated Jan Gałązka (Poland) by decision

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Biography
1937 births Living people Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet male boxers Bantamweight boxers Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the Soviet Union Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople Olympic medalists in boxing Russian male boxers Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-boxing-bio-stub