Stanislav Ivanovich Stepashkin (; 1 September 1940 – 4 September 2013) was an Olympic boxer from the

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. Born in

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, Stepashkin trained at

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until 1963 and then at the

Armed Forces sports society The Sports Clubs of the Armed Forces, Physical Culture and Sports Association of the Soviet Armed Forces ( ''sportivnye kluby Armiy, SKA''; , ''Fizkulturno-sportivnoe obyedinenie Vooruzhonnykh Sil SSSR''), also called the Sports Clubs of the Sovie ...

. He became the

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in 1964 and was awarded the

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in the following year. He competed at the

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in the Featherweight (-57 kg) division winning the gold medal. During his career Stepashkin won 193 fights out of 204. He graduated from the State Order of Lenin Central Institute of Physical Education.Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
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1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Stanislav Stepashkin, a featherweight boxer from the Soviet Union who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated Jose Nieves (Puerto Rico) referee stopped contest *Round of 16: Defeated Hsu Hung Chen (Republic of China) referee stopped contest *Quarterfinal: Defeated Constantin Crudu (Romania) referee stopped contest in the third round *Semifinal: Defeated

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(Unified Team of Germany) by knockout *Final: Defeated

Anthony Villanueva Anthony N. Villanueva (March 18, 1945 – May 13, 2014) was a boxer from the Philippines. He competed in the featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal. Shortly after the Olympics he turned professional, but ...

(Philippines) by decision, 3-2 (won gold medal)

References

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Olympic profile
1940 births 2013 deaths Boxers from Moscow Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Soviet male boxers 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 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Featherweight boxers Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub