Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin (5 January 1953 in Perm

Perm

Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....

 – 28 December 1997 in Perm) was a 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 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....

 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. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 division (– 60 kg), after being beaten in the semifinals by Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

's eventual silver medalist Simion Cuţov

Simion Cutov

Simion Cuţov was a boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the lightweight division after being defeated in the final by Howard Davis Jr. of the United States.Cuţov also competed at the 1980 Summer...

.

Solomin began training under Yuri Podshivalov in 1969 at Trudovye Rezervy

Trudovye Rezervy

Trudovye Rezervy — voluntary sport society of students of professional-technical schools in the USSR and later in post-Soviet countries.Founded on June 19th, 1943 as an all-union voluntary sport society and operated by the trade unions. In 1975 5,538 physical culture collectives by the educational...

 in Perm. He won the world title (the first in Russian sport history) at the inaugural 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships

1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30. The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. A total number of 274 boxers...

 in Havana, Cuba. From 1975, he represented 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...

, coached by V.Ageev.

Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Hans-Henrik Palm (Denmark) 5-0
• Defeated Bogdan Gajda (Poland) 5-0
• Defeated András Botos
  András Botos
  András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight...
  
   (Hungary) 5-0
• Lost to Simion Cuţov
  Simion Cutov
  Simion Cuţov was a boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the lightweight division after being defeated in the final by Howard Davis Jr. of the United States.Cuţov also competed at the 1980 Summer...
  
  (Romania) 0-5