Rufat Asadovich Riskiyev (born October 2, 1949 in Tashkent

Tashkent

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, Uzbek SSR

Uzbek SSR

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) is a retired 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 USSR

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 silver medal in the middleweight

Middleweight

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 division (– 75 kg). In the final he was defeated by US-boxer Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer who was a world champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions...

, after the referee stopped the contest in the third round.

Two years earlier, at the inaugural 1974 World 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, Riskiyev won the world title. He trained at the Dynamo sports society.

Olympic results

• Defeated Jorma Taipale (Finland) KO 3
• Defeated Ilya Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 5-0
• Defeated Siraj Din (Pakistan) RSC 3
• Defeated Luis Felipe Martínez
  Luis Martínez (boxer)
  Luis Felipe Martínez Sánchez is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the middleweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by Rufat Riskiyev from the Soviet Union...
  
   (Cuba) 3-2
• Lost to Michael Spinks
  Michael Spinks
  Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer who was a world champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions...
  
  (United States) RSC 3