Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov (born May 28, 1956 in Magadan

Magadan

Magadan is a port town on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region. It is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast , in the Russian Far East. Founded in 1929 on the site of an earlier settlement from the 1920s, it was granted the status of town in 1939...

) is a retired boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, who represented the USSR

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur. He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight

Bantamweight

Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...

 division (– 54 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...

 in Montreal, Canada, and repeated that feat four years later in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. He trained at the Trud Voluntary Sports Society until 1976, later - at the Armed Forces sports society

Armed Forces (sports society)

Central Sports Klub of the Army or is the Russian sports society and the successor of the Soviet CSKA.-Overview:The society was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR. In the Soviet era all CSKA and SKA teams that resided in the Soviet Union belonged to the Armed Forces sports society...

.

Olympic results

1976

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Alfred Siame (Zambia) walk-over
• Defeated Hitoshi Ishigaki
  Hitoshi Ishigaki
  is a retired amateur boxer from Japan, who won the gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games in the men's bantamweight division. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, falling to eventual bronze medal winner Viktor Rybakov in the third round.-References:*...
  
   (Japan) 5-0
• Defeated Stephan Förster (East Germany) 3-2
• Lost to Charles Mooney
  Charles Mooney
  Charles Michael Mooney is a retired boxer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
   (United States) 1-4

1980

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Daniel Londas
  Daniel Londas
  Daniel Londas is a former boxer who competed for France in the men's featherweight competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. After a first-round bye, he was eliminated in the second round by Soviet Viktor Rybakov .Londas then became a professional, recording 58 wins , 9 losses and 1...
  
   (France) 5-0
• Defeated Peter Hanlon (Great Britain) 5-0
• Defeated Tzacho Andreikowski (Bulgaria) 4-1
• Lost to Rudi Fink
  Rudi Fink
  Rudi Fink is a retired boxer from Germany, who won the gold medal in the Featherweight division for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.- Olympic results :...
  
  (East Germany) 1-4