Viktor Miroshnichenko (; born 1 December 1959 in

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) is a retired Ukrainian boxer, who represented the

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at the

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. There he won the silver medal in the

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division (– 51 kg), after being defeated in the final by

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's Petar Lesov. Two years later he captured the silver medal at the World Championships in

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. Miroshnichenko trained at

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1980 Olympic results

Below are the results of Viktor Miroshnichenko, a flyweight boxer from the Soviet Union who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics: *Round of 32: bye *Round of 16: Defeated Jorge Hernández (Cuba) by decision, 4-1 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Henryk Średnicki (Poland) by decision, 5-0 *Semifinal: Defeated

János Váradi János Váradi (born 28 February 1961 in Kemecse, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) is a retired Hungarian people, Hungarian boxing, boxer, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing, bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1980 Su ...

(Hungary) by decision, 4-1 *Final: Lost to Peter Lessov (Bulgaria) referee stopped contest in round 2 (was awarded silver medal)

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