Ričardas_Tamulis

Ričardas Tamulis

Ričardas Tamulis

Lithuanian boxer

Ričardas Tamulis (22 July 1938 – 22 April 2008) was an amateur Lithuanian welterweight boxer who won the European title in 1961, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic silver medal in 1964.

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Tamulis took up boxing in 1953 and won the Soviet welterweight title in 1959, 1961–62, 1964 and 1966, placing third in 1963 and 1967. He retired in 1967 with a record of 243 wins in 257 bouts and later coached boxers at his native club Žalgiris Kaunas. In the 1990s he was also active in Lithuanian politics.[1] He died aged 69 after falling from an eighth-floor balcony.[2]

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    Ričardas Tamulis. Sports-reference
  2. [2]
    В Литве погиб знаменитый советский боксёр. Одна из версий гибели – убийство. newsru.ua (22 April 2008)


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