Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Yury Mikhaylovich•Radonyak |
Used name | Yury•Radonyak |
Original name | Юрий Михайлович•Радоняк |
Born | 8 October 1935 in Grozny, Chechenskaya Respublika (RUS) |
Died | 28 March 2013 |
Measurements | 167 cm / 59 kg |
Affiliations | CSKA Moskva, Moskva (RUS) |
NOC | Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian Federation |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
During his career as a boxer, Yury Radonyak won the 1960 Olympic welterweight silver, a Soviet title in 1960 and silver in 1958 and also won gold at the 1958 World Army Championships. Radonyak finished his boxing career in 1962 with a record of 197 wins out of 226 bouts. After his boxing career, Radonyak worked as a boxing coach, coaching CSKA Moskva from 1962-73. From 1973-76, Radonyak was head coach of the Soviet national boxing team, and was also head coach of the Soviet 1972 and 1976 Olympic boxing teams.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1960 Summer Olympics | Boxing | URS | RUS | Yury Radonyak | |||
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | 2 | Silver |