RiÄardas Tamulis
Ričardas Tamulis (Russian Ричардас Ионович Тамулис, Ritschardas Ionowitsch Tamulis, born July 22, 1938 in Kaunas, † 22 April, 2008 Jonava ) was a Soviet boxer Lithuanian descent. He was winner of the silver medal at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo and three-time European champion amateur welterweight respectively.
Career
Ričardas Tamulis grew up in his hometown of Kaunas, Russian Kovno on. He started at age 15 with the boxes. His coach was Anatanas Zabaras. Earlier in his career he was a member of the sports organization " Spartak ", In 1962 he moved to SSD " Jalgiris " Kaunas, where he got in Algirdas Šocikas, former two -time European heavyweight champion, also a new coach. Ričardas Tamulis was a boxing and hard beating southpaw, ie Batting was his left hand.
In the international world Ričardas Tamulis Boxer was first known in 1957 after his victory at the World Festival of Youth in 1957 in Moscow. He suggested there in the finale Poland Henryk Wojciechowski in the light welterweight (then to 63.5 kg of body weight) on points. In 1958, he finished at the Soviet Championship in the same weight class 2nd place. In the final battle, he delivered it to the Olympic champion from 1956 Vladimir Jengibarjan a valiant fight, but he lost out on points.
In 1959, he became in the welterweight division for the first time Soviet champion. He was then employed at the European Championships this year in Lucerne, but there had the misfortune to meet the same in the 1st round on the multiple European Champion Polish Leszek Drogosz, against whom he lost on points and was eliminated. 1959 started Ričardas Tamulis occasion of countries struggle Federal Republic of Germany against the Soviet Union in Dortmund against the German champion Karl -Heinz Johann Peter and defeated this clearly on points.
1960 could Ričardas Tamulis due to injury unable to attend the Soviet championship and therefore was not nominated for the Olympic Games in Rome. But in 1961 he battled through a victory over Leonid Sheynkman his second Soviet champion welterweight title and was used at the European Championships in Belgrade. He defeated there in the second round to Poland Jozef Knut, in the quarterfinals of the Hungarian Laszlo Sebök, in the semi-final the Frenchman Jean Josselin and in the final the Swiss Max Meier each on points and became the first European Champion.
1962 Ričardas Tamulis was a Soviet champion again. He had to fight hard for victory there, but against the strong Viktor Petrovich Agejew to win this title. International Championships were not on this year. In the Soviet Cup in 1963 Ričardas Tamulis lost against Viktor Agejew and finished only third place in the welterweight division. However, he was employed by the responsible coach Viktor Ogurenkow still at the European Championships this year in Moscow and won his second European title there. He defeated while Ralph Charles of England by KO in the 2nd round and Pentti Purhonen from Finland on points. In the semifinals he met the Czech Olympic champion in 1960 at the Light Welterweight Bohumil Nemecek, he could certainly auspunkten. In the final, he then managed a points victory over the immensely physically strong Italian Silvano Bertini.
In the Olympic year 1964 Ričardas Tamulis hoped his big goal, to reach the Olympic victory. He won at the Soviet Championship in the final battle against Valeri Tregubow on points and had thus with his fourth championship title for the participation in the Olympic Games in Tokyo qualified in the welterweight division. In the second round he defeated Bruno there Guse from Schwerin, who started for the all-German team on points, won in the quarterfinals on Mbawa Ernest from Uganda on points and won the semi-final against Pertti Purhonen on points. In the final he faced the Poland Marian Kasprzyk, a super technician who was set perfectly by his coach Feliks tribe, and was awarded a 4-1 point victory. Ričardas Tamulis thus won "only" the silver medal. He was still dialed in this year the most popular athletes of Lithuania.
1965 lacked Ričardas Tamulis at the Soviet Championship. However, he was employed at the European Championships this year in Berlin (East) and won there in the second round via Milan Todorowics from Yugoslavia, in the quarterfinals Leszek Ciuka from Poland, in the semifinals on Vladimir Kucera from Czechoslovakia and in the final over Luigi Patruno of Italy each on points and was the third time European champion in the welterweight division.
In 1966 Ričardas Tamulis won his fifth Soviet championship. This success is due to the severe competition in this country do not appreciate high enough. Probably it was in those years easier Europe to be champion as a Soviet champion.
In 1967 Ričardas Tamulis then took his fifth start at a European Championship. He had it in Rome pronounced pitch, as in his first fight against Ion Hodosan from Romania burst open one of his eyebrows and he had to be taken out of the fight due to this injury.
After the 1967 season ended Ričardas Tamulis, who also carried the honorary title " Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, his boxer 's career. He had been signaled that he would have no chance to be nominated a second time for the Olympics. He 257 's matches, of which he won 243. he completed a coach training and worked for many years at " Jalgiris " Kaunas Boxer trainer. After the restoration of political independence of Lithuania in 1990, he was also active in politics.
Countries fighting Ričardas Tamulis
Results of the Soviet championships where Ričardas Tamulis participated
Death
Ričardas Tamulis lived in Kaunas and then in the small town Jonava, 35 km from Kaunas. He lived in Paneriai ( Jonava ), where he was ousted on 22 April 2008 by his neighbor during the dispute in alcohol consumption from the 8th floor by the balcony.
His grave is in the cemetery Petrašiūnai.