Val Barker Trophy
Recipients

Val Barker Trophy

Section Title: Recipients
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Games	Location	Boxer	Nationality	Weight class	Medal	Ref(s)

1936	Berlin	Louis Laurie	United States	Flyweight	Bronze

1948	London	George Hunter	South Africa	Light heavyweight	Gold

1952	Helsinki	Norvel Lee	United States	Light heavyweight	Gold

1956	Melbourne	Dick McTaggart	Great Britain	Lightweight	Gold

1960	Rome	Nino Benvenuti	Italy	Welterweight	Gold

1964	Tokyo	Valeri Popenchenko	Soviet Union	Middleweight	Gold

1968	Mexico City	Philip Waruinge	Kenya	Featherweight	Bronze

1972	Munich	Teófilo Stevenson	Cuba	Heavyweight	Gold

1976	Montreal	Howard Davis Jr.	United States	Lightweight	Gold

1980	Moscow	Patrizio Oliva	Italy	Light welterweight	Gold

1984	Los Angeles	Paul Gonzales	United States	Light flyweight	Gold

1988	Seoul	Roy Jones Jr.	United States	Light middleweight	Silver

1992	Barcelona	Roberto Balado	Cuba	Super heavyweight	Gold

1996	Atlanta	Vassiliy Jirov	Kazakhstan	Light heavyweight	Gold

2000	Sydney	Oleg Saitov	Russia	Welterweight	Gold

2004	Athens	Bakhtiyar Artayev	Kazakhstan	Welterweight	Gold

2008	Beijing	Vasyl Lomachenko	Ukraine	Featherweight	Gold

2012	London	Serik Sapiyev	Kazakhstan	Welterweight	Gold

2016	Rio de Janeiro	Hasanboy Dusmatov	Uzbekistan	Men's light flyweight	Gold

Claressa Shields	United States	Women's middleweight	Gold

Sentence(s)

In 1936, the inaugural recipient of the Val Barker Trophy was American flyweight Louis Laurie, who won bronze in Berlin.

final_sentence: In 1936, the inaugural recipient of the Val Barker Trophy was American flyweight Louis Laurie, who won bronze in Berlin.