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The Val Barker Trophy, named for boxer Val Barker

Val Barker

Val Barker was a boxer from England, who competed in the Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:Barker was a British amateur boxer who won the 1891 ABA, the Amateur Boxing Association of England, Heavyweight championship, boxing out of the Belsize ABC.-Life after...

, is presented every four years to an Olympic

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boxing athlete who exemplifies style during competition.

Recipients

Year	Location	Boxer	Nationality	Weight Class	Medal
1936	Berlin	Louis Laurie Louis Laurie Louis "Lou" Daniel Laurie was an American boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the flyweight class after winning the third place fight against Alfredo Carlomagno....	United States	Flyweight	Bronze
1948	London	George Hunter George Hunter (boxer) George Hunter was a boxer from South Africa, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...	South Africa	Light Heavyweight	Gold
1952	Helsinki	Norvel Lee Norvel Lee Norvel LaFollette Ray Lee was a boxer from the United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...	United States	Light Heavyweight	Gold
1956	Melbourne	Richard McTaggart Richard McTaggart Richard McTaggart MBE is a retired boxer from Dundee, Scotland, who competed in the Lightweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...	United Kingdom	Lightweight	Gold
1960	Rome	Giovanni Benvenuti	Italy	Welterweight	Gold
1964	Tokyo	Valeri Popenchenko Valeri Popenchenko Valeri Vladimirovich Popenchenko was an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union, who competed in the Middleweight division during his career, winning 200 of his 213 fights....	Soviet Union	Middleweight	Gold
1968	Mexico City	Philip Waruinge Philip Waruinge Philip Waruinge is a retired boxer from Kenya, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...	Kenya	Featherweight	Bronze
1972	Munich	Teofilo Stevenson Teófilo Stevenson Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón....	Cuba	Heavyweight	Gold
1976	Montréal	Howard Davis, Jr.	United States	Lightweight	Gold
1980	Moscow	Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional....	Italy	Light Welterweight	Gold
1984	Los Angeles	Paul Gonzales Paul Gonzales Paul Garza Gonzales was a Mexican American boxer, who won the light flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...	United States	Light Flyweight	Gold
1988	Seoul	Roy Jones, Jr.	United States	Light Middleweight	Silver
1992	Barcelona	Roberto Balado Roberto Balado Roberto Balado Méndez was a Cuban boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a Gold medal in the men's Super Heavyweight category. Roberto Balado Mendez was marry to Anita Dorena Washington Who giving birth to his Son known as Rob Scott After his grandmother gave him the legacy of his father...	Cuba	Super Heavyweight	Gold
1996	Atlanta	Vassiliy Jirov Vassiliy Jirov Vassiliy "The Tiger" Jirov is a professional Kazakh boxer and former IBF cruiserweight champion, currently fighting out of Las Vegas under Thell Torrence...	Kazakhstan	Light Heavyweight	Gold
2000	Sydney	Oleg Saitov Oleg Saitov Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov is a Russian boxer. He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately one million people south of Moscow.He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He was the winner of the...	Russia	Welterweight	Gold
2004	Athens	Bakhtiyar Artayev Bakhtiyar Artayev Bakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev is a Kazakh boxer who won the only Gold medal for Kazakhstan in the men's welterweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the Winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics Games...	Kazakhstan	Welterweight	Gold
2008	Beijing	Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovich Lomachenko is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, a gold medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the featherweight division. Lomachenko is coached by...	Ukraine	Featherweight	Gold

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