11:40  ,  February 1, 2013

Olympic champion Vladimir Yengibaryan passes away

Olympic champion, famous Soviet Armenian boxer Vladimir Yengibaryan passed away on Friday in Los Angeles. The athlete died at the age of 81.

Champion of Melbourne Olympics, three-time European champion Yengibaryan was born in Yerevan on April 24, 1932. In 1959 he founded republican boxing school. He moved to the U.S. in 1995.

The funeral will take place in the U.S.

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