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| Born | 25 April 1942 Konyok, Krasnodar Kray, Russia | |||||||||||
| Died | 27 May 1977 (aged 35) Severomorsk, Russia | |||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
| Club | Soviet Army | |||||||||||
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Vadim Mikhaylovich Yemelyanov (Russian: Вадим Михайлович Емельянов, 25 April 1942 – 27 May 1977) was a Soviet heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1964 Olympics.
Yemelyanov took up boxing while serving in the Soviet Navy in Leningrad Oblast. He never held a national title, placing second-third in 1961, 1965 and 1967, but was successful internationally, winning the European Cup and the World Army Championships in 1963. At the 1964 Olympics he lost in a semifinal to the eventual winner Joe Frazier. During his career Yemelyanov won 141 of his 158 bouts. He was a career naval officer and worked as a boxing coach in Severomorsk, where he died in an accident aged 35. Since 1985 an annual boxing tournament has been held there in his honor.[1]