Viktor Leonidovich Demyanenko (born August 26, 1958) is a retired boxer

Boxing

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, who represented the USSR

Soviet Union

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 at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. There he won the silver medal in the lightweight

Lightweight

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 division (– 60 kg), after being defeated in the final by Cuba

Cuba

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's Ángel Herrera. Demyanenko trained at Dynamo in Alma-Ata. He won gold at the 1979 European Championship

1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cologne, West Germany from May 5 to May 12, 1979. The 23rd edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA...

. During his career Demyanenko won 267 fights out of 290.

Olympic results

• Defeated Mohamed Bangura
  Mohamed Bangura
  Mohamed Bangura is a former Olympic boxer from Sierra Leone. He represented his native country in the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were held in the Soviet Union capital of Moscow...
  
   (Sierra Leone) DQ 2
• Defeated Jong Jo-Ung (North Korea) 5-0
• Defeated Yordan Lessov (Bulgaria) 5-0
• Defeated Richard Nowakowski
  Richard Nowakowski
  Richard Nowakowski is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
   (East Germany) RSC 1
• Lost to Ángel Herrera (Cuba) RSC 3 (due to injury)