Vassily Solomin

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Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin (, 5 January 1953, in Perm – 28 December 1997, in Perm) was a boxer who represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won a bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg), after being beaten in the semifinals by Romania's eventual silver medalist Simion Cuţov. Solomin began training under Yuri Podshivalov in 1969 at Trudovye Rezervy in Perm. He won the world title at the inaugural 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba. From 1975 he represented the Armed Forces sports society. He was coached by Viktor Ageev.

1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Vassily Solomin, a boxer who competed in the lightweight division at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

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