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Boris Tishin

Full name: Boris Ivanovich Tishin
Original name: Борис Иванович Тишин
Gender: Male
Born: January 2, 1929
Died: August 28, 1980
Affiliations: Krylya Sovetov Moskva
Country: URS Soviet Union
Sport: Boxing

Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)

Biography

Besides his Olympic bronze, Boris Tishin also won bronze in light-middleweight at the 1953 European Championships and won the Soviet title in light-middleweight three times in a row from 1951-53. In 1950 he took silver behind the legendary Sergey Shcherbakov in welterweight at the Soviet Championships.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1952 Summer 23 Helsinki Boxing Men's Light-Middleweight Soviet Union URS 3T Bronze

Men's Light-Middleweight

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result JF MR R
1952 Summer 23 Helsinki Boxing Soviet Union URS Semi-Finals Match #1 2 1952-08-01 van Schalkwyk (RSA) , Tishin (URS) 0
1952 Summer 23 Helsinki Boxing Soviet Union URS Quarter-Finals Match #4 1 1952-07-31 Tishin (URS) , Cavalheiro (BRA) 3 decision
1952 Summer 23 Helsinki Boxing Soviet Union URS Round Two Match #3 1 Tishin (URS) , Krawczyk (POL) referee stops contest 2
1952 Summer 23 Helsinki Boxing Soviet Union URS Round One Match #6 1 1952-07-29 Tishin (URS) bye