Viktor Zaporozhets

Viktor Zaporozhets
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born(1947-05-23)23 May 1947
Volchansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died11 February 2026(2026-02-11) (aged 78)
Sport
SportBoxing

Viktor Zaporozhets (Ukrainian: Віктор Костянтинович Запорожець, 23 May 1947 – 11 February 2026) was a Soviet boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union and finished in ninth place.[1][2]

Zaporozhets died on 11 February 2026, at the age of 78.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Viktor Zaporozhets". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktor Zaporozhets Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Помер учасник Олімпіади та заслужений тренер з боксу Віктор Запорожець з Миколаєва". Suspilne. Retrieved 14 February 2026.